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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I wouldn't use spaces in names at all</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Dave Burnett<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 30/12/2009 14:23<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Accessing associative arrays via variable?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>For the archives, something that is probably obvious to OOP aware folks, but tripped me up good:<BR><BR>myObject = new Object();<BR><BR>myObject.My Property = "rooster";<BR><BR>debug(myObject.My Property); // gives "rooster"<BR><BR>debug(myObject["My Property"]); // gives undefined<BR><BR>No spaces in object properties allowed when using non dot syntax.<BR><BR><BR><BR>=====================================<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>b = new Object();<BR>b.blah = 'value';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>v='blah';<BR>debug(b[v]); //works for me</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Dave Burnett<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sun 27/12/2009 21:49<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Accessing associative arrays via variable?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>help_defs = new Object();<BR>helps_defs.Atomic = "Roosters are atomic";<BR>debug(helps_defs.Atomic); // gives me "Roosters are atomic"<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>myVar = 'Atomic';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial>debug(help_defs[myVar]); // gives me u</FONT>ndefined.<BR></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR>
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Accessing associative arrays via variable?<BR>Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:23:56 +0000<BR>From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<BR>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>myVar = 'Atomic';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial>debug(help_defs[myVar]);</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Dave Burnett<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sun 27/12/2009 18:05<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte list<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] Accessing associative arrays via variable?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR>help_defs = new Object();<BR>helps_defs.Atomic = "Roosters are atomic";<BR>debug(helps_defs.Atomic); // gives me "Roosters are atomic"<BR><BR>Can I sub a variable into the place of .Atomic in that last statement?<BR><BR>Sort of like in AW, to call a value from a property list using a variable for the property name I'd use:<BR><BR>Trace(my_prop_list[Symbol("a"^some_variable)]) <BR>
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