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Klaus wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:37 am OK, OK, let me put it this way, I think this is also what the dictionary means.
In a repeat for each loop like this:

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repeat for each line temp in tFiles
         ## do whatever you want to with temp:
         delete char -4 to -1 of  temp
         ## if temp was -> my_image.jpg 
         ## then it now is in fact -> my_image
end repeat
...

You can modify temp and do with it whatever you like, but the "container" (tFiles in this case) will NOT change in the end, means tFiles BEFORE the loop = tFiles AFTER the loop.

It is always difficult to explain something like this in your non-native language.

hpsh wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:51 am just wonder a bit about this, deleting chars -1 to -4 in a filename, where the end could be something like mytext.lz would make it to mytex.
would it not be better to set itemdel to "." transfer item 1 to a new string, and then replace the original with the new string?
would also fix a problem on Unix like system where the filename could be something like mytext.tar.gz

maybe just me that is tired, or something I don't get, would not be the first time