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put

Syntax

put expression

Description

Command; evaluates the expression specified by expression and displays the result in the

Message window. This command can be used as a debugging tool by tracking the values of

variables as a movie plays.

The Director player for Java displays the message from the

put command in the browser’s Java

console window. Access to the console window depends on the browser.

Examples

This statement displays the time in the Message window:

put the time

-- "9:10 AM"

This statement displays the value assigned to the variable bid in the Message window:

put bid

-- "Johnson"

See also

put...after, put...before, put...into

put...after

Syntax

put expression after chunkExpression

Description

Command; evaluates a Lingo expression, converts the value to a string, and inserts the resulting

string after 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 within containers.

Examples

This statement adds the string “fox dog cat” after the contents of the field cast member Animal

List:

put "fox dog cat" after member "Animal List"

The same can be accomplished using this statement:

put "fox dog cat" after member("Animal List").line[1]