Hello all (especially @Niel & @Stivejobstan123 & @Camelot)
next question by beginner:
can I ask (and, actually, create) a variable by name in this way:
repeat 3 times
set i to 1
set a( i )to i*6
set i to i+1
end repeat
return a(2)
return a(x) etc.
PS I know about "on something () - end something"
but question about variable
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), null
I'm not entirely sure what you hoped your code would do, but if you're asking about creating dynamically named variables, the short answer is no - variables must be defined at compile time and you cannot create dynamic variables at runtime.
The sole(?) exception to this is to create one variable as a list object and populate that with your dynamically-created variables, but that might not fit your needs.
Hello
Perhaps what you want is list which is an ordered collection of items.
set a to {} repeat with i from 1 to 3 set a's end to i * 6 end repeat return a --return a's item 2
If you're indeed looking for something like hash table (associative array), you might try the code listed in the following thread.
Set an indeterminate number of variables
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7000650
Good luck,
H
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