How to make a top ten score ? [Solved]

[atout66]

Hi to all,

I wonder how I could build a top ten score.
I want to record the used of words and show to the user his habits when he click on a button.
I thought about an array but I clearly don't manage them well enought...
I also thought to put the 10 words the most used into 10 different fields and adapt their content, but I must say that I'm a litle bit confused at that time.

If you have some ideas, you're welcome

Jean-Paul.

[dunbarx]

Hi.

This is a classic lesson in arrays. Put this into a button:

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on mouseUp
 put "one two three four five six seven eight nine ten" into tList
   repeat 100
      put any word of tList & space after temp
   end repeat
 
   repeat for each word tWord in temp
      add 1 to tWordCount[tWord] --ADD 1 TO THE ELEMENT OF A KEY
   end repeat
   answer tWordCount["three"]
end mouseup

Step through the second repeat loop until you get tired. I assume you can sort the results to find the most commonly occurring word. Do you know what the "combine" command does?

Craig

[atout66]

Thanks Craig, I'm going to study your script.
No, I didn't know about the <combine> command but with the help of the dictionary I understand what it does now

[atout66]

Hi Craig,

Very useful your example. I learned a lot with the debugger, and also discovered the keyword <any>

Thanks for your help, I should find my way now...

Cheers, Jean-Paul.