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Horrid: information about lists and property lists
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Horrid
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- May 20, 1999
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Best place is to use the lingo dictionary. The electronic one in help is probably the quickest to look at.
I will be putting a faq togeather on the basics as soon as I get some time so check back occasionally.
Basic commands for a list are"
to define a list
variable = []
to add an item
add[variable, value]
to delete an item
deleteat[varialbe, number to delete]
to get an item
getat[variable, number to get]
to find the position of a specific item
getone[variable, value to find] --will return 0 if not found
to get the last item
getlast[variable]
to delete the last
deletelast[variable]
property list are more complex. Get a grasp of normat lists before you try propery lists. A basic rundown is that a property list contains a list of containers that each have data within them.
eg [score:"10",player:"fred"] in this example the list contains the users score and name, you could get the value by saying getaprop(variable, score), you can also use dot syntax.
hope this is a help
I will be putting a faq togeather on the basics as soon as I get some time so check back occasionally.
Basic commands for a list are"
to define a list
variable = []
to add an item
add[variable, value]
to delete an item
deleteat[varialbe, number to delete]
to get an item
getat[variable, number to get]
to find the position of a specific item
getone[variable, value to find] --will return 0 if not found
to get the last item
getlast[variable]
to delete the last
deletelast[variable]
property list are more complex. Get a grasp of normat lists before you try propery lists. A basic rundown is that a property list contains a list of containers that each have data within them.
eg [score:"10",player:"fred"] in this example the list contains the users score and name, you could get the value by saying getaprop(variable, score), you can also use dot syntax.
hope this is a help
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