topic Re: flag for values{2} in Libraries & objects

flag for values{2}

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:21:36 GMT

I would like to create a group for values{2} - values, but it doesn't work. Can anybody help me?

Example:

I have this:

values{2} "A1" 1, 'opt1', 2, 'opt2'
values{2} "A2" 1, 'opt1', 2, 'opt2'
values{2} "A3" 1, 'opt1', 2, 'opt2'
etc.

many parameter with the same values

I would like to control them together, like this

options="1, 'opt1', 2, 'opt2'

values{2} "A1" options
values{2} "A2" options
values{2} "A3" options
etc.

but this doesn't work
Any ideas?

Re: flag for values{2}

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 10:21:16 GMT

I have not checked this but my first idea is that you should not mix parameter types in a VALUES command. 1 is a number, but 'opt1' is a text. Try this:

values{2} "A1" '1', 'opt1', '2', 'opt2'

or this:

values{2} "A1" 1, opt1, 2, opt2

In this second case, opt1 and opt2 should be number type parameters.

Re: flag for values{2}

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 11:12:11 GMT

First, thanks for the reply,

It's not a mix. I would like a numerical parameter values {2} which have a numerical expression, and descriptions as well.

like here:
http://gdl.graphisoft.com/gdl-basics/parameter-logic/

but my problem is, that as I have many parameters, I have to script this about 10-20 times, and If I have to change the values, I would like that all the 10-20 parameters would change together.

An other question:

Can I refer somehow to the parameters, as a number?

I have parameters like this
A1, A2, A3, etc

and I am looking for a way to loop the value description, like this

for i=1 to number_of_A's
    values{2} "A+number_of_A's"  1, 'opt1', 2, 'opt2', 3, 'opt3', etc
next i

Re: flag for values{2}

Bruce — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 12:12:32 GMT

Arrays are your friend in this instance. You would declare two arrays - one for numerical, one for alpha (can't mix type when used in certain situations). Then you just use the array in your value statement.

E.g. DIM vDesc[],
VNum[]

Re: flag for values{2}

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:01:28 GMT

Thanks, arrays are the best