moving backwards through a list

[michael franklin]

Hi Mich,
Thanks so much for the detailed response...I'll give the first option a
go...I think it should work!

Best,
Michael

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:09 AM, MSpape <sovspape at cognitology.eu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Moving in different ways through the list can quickly get ugly in E-
> Prime, I
> think. Keeping in mind I (still?) don't have E-Prime here, here's one
> idea
> (so forgive the syntax errors, there's no way i can check it!):
>
> 1. Declare array with words in an inline
>
> Dim myWords as String(1 to 3)
> myWords(1) = "A word"
> myWords(2) = "Another word"
> myWords(3) = "Last Word"
> Dim ShowThisWord as Integer
>
> 2. Enter a label: Label1
> 3. Another inline:
> ShowThisWord = ShowThisWord + 1
> c.SetAttrib "WordToShow", myWords(ShowThisWord)
> 4. TextDisplay1 with text "[WordToShow]". Duration infinite, allowable
> keys
> {LEFT}{RIGHT} (or was it {LEFT-ARROW}, I forgot...). Terminate on
> press.
> 5. Last inline
> IF TextDisplay1.TEXT = "{LEFT}" THEN
>                ShowThisWord = ShowThisWord - 2
>                IF ShowThisWord = -1 THEN ShowThisWord = 0 'to avoid
> negative scenarios
>                GOTO Label1
> ELSE
>                IF ShowThisWord < 3 THEN GOTO Label1
> END IF
>
> Alternatively I think it might be possible to something with colon
> syntax,
> which would be much more elegant, but I cannot check this. Say, we
> have the
> same structure, except MyWords is now a nested list 1. Inline
>
> Dim WordToShow as integer
> WordToShow = 1
> 2. Label1
> 3. Another inline:
> c.SetAttrib "WordToShow", c.GetAttrib("myWords:" & cstr(ShowThisWord))
> 4. same
> 5. Inline:
> IF TextDisplay1.TEXT = "{LEFT}" THEN
>                ShowThisWord = ShowThisWord - 1
>                IF ShowThisWord = 0 THEN ShowThisWord = 1 'to avoid
> negative scenarios
>                GOTO Label1
> ELSE
>                ShowThisWord = ShowThisWord + 1
>                IF ShowThisWord <= 3 THEN GOTO Label1
> END IF
>
> More elegant, I think, but not sure whether one could hack into this
> colon
> syntax like this...
>
> HTH,
>
> Mich
>
>
>
> From: e-prime at googlegroups.com [mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf
> Of michael franklin
> Sent: 17 February 2012 01:38
> To: e-prime at googlegroups.com
> Subject: moving backwards through a list
>
>
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