User Guide

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Example
This statement tells Director to display the copyright information for the Shockwave Audio file
SWAfile in a field cast member named Info Display.
-- Lingo syntax
whatState = member("SWAfile").state
if whatState > 1 AND whatState < 9 then
put(member("Info Display") = member("SWAfile").copyrightInfo)
end if
// JavaScript syntax
var whatState = member("SWAfile").state;
if (whatState > 1 && whatState < 9) {
put(member("Info Display") = member("SWAfile").copyrightInfo);
}
count
Usage
list.count
count (list)
count(theObject)
object.count
textExpression.count
Description
Property (Lingo only); returns the number of entries in a linear or property list, the number of
properties in a parent script without counting the properties in an ancestor script, or the chunks
of a text expression such as characters, lines, or words.
The
count command works with linear and property lists, objects created with parent scripts, and
the globals property.
To see an example of
count() used in a completed movie, see the Text movie in the Learning/
Lingo Examples folder inside the Director application folder.
Example
This statement displays the number 3, the number of entries:
put [10,20,30].count
-- 3
See also
globals