First part of a line of code works? Not the second?

[dunbarx]

Hmmm.

Make a button and a field on a new card. Put this into the button script:

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on mouseUp
    put random(999) into fld 1 in cd 1
end mouseUp

Now the keyword "in" ought to be "of". Everyone knows this. Though in HC "in" and "of", at least in this context, are synonyms.

But I find it interesting that a new random number is placed into the field before the line of code throws an error.

Is this just how LC works. one word at a time?

Craig Newman

[FourthWorld]

I've never seen "in" used like that in object references. Does that work in HC?

[Klaus]

Hi Richard,

I've never seen "in" used like that in object references.

people are quite creative when it comes to "work-around" official syntax
I have seen this "...in card x" very often and also "... on card x" in other peoples scripts.

Does that work in HC?

Well, this is how I interpret Craig's line:

Though in HC "in" and "of", at least in this context, are synonyms.

Best

Klaus

[dunbarx]

Richard.

Yep, synonyms. I alway use "of", but knew from way back that "in" was OK in HC.

There was a thread earlier this week where the OP used "in". I never caught it, because I was used to thinking both were acceptable. In LC, "in" is "out".

Craig