User Guide

put...into 219
put...before
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
put expression before chunkExpression
Description
Command; evaluates a Lingo expression, converts the value to a string, and inserts the resulting
string before a specified chunk in a container, without replacing the container’s contents. (If
chunkExpression specifies a nonexistent target chunk, the string value is inserted as appropriate
into the container.)
Chunk expressions refer to any character, word, item, or line in any container. Containers include
field cast members; text cast members; variables that hold strings; and specified characters, words,
items, lines, and ranges in containers.
Example
This statement sets the variable animalList to the string “fox dog cat” and then inserts the word
elk before the second word of the list:
put "fox dog cat" into animalList
put "elk " before word 2 of animalList
The result is the string “fox elk dog cat”.
The same can be accomplished using this syntax:
put "fox dog cat" into animalList
put "elk " before animalList.word[2]
See also
char...of, item...of, line...of, paragraph, word...of, put...after, put...into
put...into
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
put expression into chunkExpression
Description
Command; evaluates a Lingo expression, converts the value to a string, and uses the resulting
string to replace a specified chunk in a container. (If
chunkExpression specifies a nonexistent
target chunk, the string value is inserted as appropriate into the container.)
Chunk expressions refer to any character, word, item, or line in any container. Containers include
field cast members; text cast members; variables that hold strings; and specified characters, words,
items, lines, and ranges in containers.
When a movie plays back as an applet, the
put...into command replaces all text within a
container, not chunks of text.
To assign values to variables, use the
set command.