Evaluate_template Array not working

[Peter.Greulich]

Re: Evaluate_template Array not working

Indirection in a language can be tricky, and by taking it in steps, you can get a handle on it.

Thanks Ira. I wish I had thought of that - breaking up the code into little pieces as you demonstrate. I will keep that technique in the back of my mind for the next time.

I will check out that other thread with Cal, as well.

[Peter.Greulich]

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There are many ways to skin this proverbial cat, however, basic good rules to follow are...
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Hope this helps!

That's a nice summary, Ira. Much appreciated.

[G Gabriel]

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Peter:
The trouble everybody seemed to be having was with the array part, which I posted how to resolve it with eval() and which works just fine. The second part of incrementing the variable name, I wasn't sure what your intention there was, but the same idea applies. So anyone reading my post, could have applied the same logic to the second part as well. I don't mind people "stealing" ideas, it's not like I am loosing money or sleep over it, but please, don't insult my intelligence by telling me, I didn't read your post, no I read it, I didn't see your zip file, no I saw it...

If this was the first time, hey I won't bother, let it go. But it's a re-occuring pattern that I finally had to say something about. Just couple of days ago, same story, you could see it in this thread
and what's worse, Tim was trying to make it look like I was trying to copy his script when I posted it in a zip file long before!

A while back I started a thread that everybody got annoyed with me because it seemed to drag for a long time about progressive lookup. No one came up with the answer. I finally posted it. Few months later, someone asked a question about progressive lookup, here comes Tim presenting my idea as if it was his! I idin't say anything waited and he had many chances to correct that, he didn't.. I still didn't say anything.. but when the pattern reoccured I just felt I should say something. Not to say that Tim does not have bright ideas of his own, but Where I come from, this is not a welcome behavior.

One funny thing about the board, it's an indelible record.

[csda1]

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Sorry Gabe, but your answer didn't solve the problem that Peter was having. It may generate an answer, but not the desired answer. Your answer was essentially a similar formulation to Stan's 1st posted answer, taking out the portions that did not need to be in the eval(), but that didn't really matter.

The solution required 2 levels of indirection, no matter how it was performed. Tim was the 1st one in this thread to post a correct methodology, and solved the problem Peter had as well.

Tim, you get the candy cigar (real cigars are hazardous to your health;)) this time!

[Tom Cone Jr]

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...and my own little solution was developed independently even though posted well after Tim's (though this should come as no surprise to those who know how slowly I work!) :o

[Mike Wilson]

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...and I am hugely thankful for the folks on this message board that provide foder and allowance for me to be the persitant and pervasive thief that I am (I'm with you Peter, all the way to the big house!)

[Tim Kiebert]

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real cigars are hazardous to your health;)

Agreed, but can I substitute one of those beers Tom as talking about. (candy is not good for my teeth:))

...and my own little solution was developed independently even though posted well after Tim's (though this should come as no surprise to those who know how slowly I work!) :o

Surely, you jest.

...and I am hugely thankful for the folks on this message board that provide foder and allowance for me to be the persitant and pervasive thief that I am (I'm with you Peter, all the way to the big house!)

I will let you and Peter share my cell.

[Cheryl Lemire]

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Gabe,

Please try to take things less personally. I doubt seriously that Tim or Ira or anybody else here is 'stealing' your ideas. Just because you posted something in a separate thread, does not mean that they read that thread. I remember back in the beginning of personal web pages. A user would create a simple stick figure in their chosen graphics program and displayed it on their web page. Then somebody comes along and says, hey you stole my stick figure, I created that 2 years ago. Well, the 2nd newby never saw the first guys stick figure. He did not steal it, he actually created it on his own.

You should also not be bashing people if they do not read a particular post of yours and offer a solution. You yourself have admitted on more than one occasion that you are not reading entire posts and offering solutions.

We are not here to steal yours or anybody else ideas. We are here to offer assistance when we are able to. It is conceivably possible for more than one of us to come up with similar solutions simultaneously. Not only is this possible, but since we all read and interpret issues differently, it could be one or two simple words or phrases in the post that triggers the understanding of the poster to get their answer.

[G Gabriel]

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Wow.. that's how you guys spend your Thanksgiving?

Cheryl:
I don't want this stupid thread to drag on, just please point me to where I said that I don't want people to steal ideas?

Makes it sound like my ideas are a rare find, one of a kind, Platinum, Gold plated treasures. It's all Mickey Mouse ideas for any one to steal.. go ahead have fun with it.. In fact I had one of those Mickey Mouse ideas for your latest thread (someone has asked a very simillar question a while back), but I am just so turned off right now with this garbage and instead of responding to a lot of threads, I added yet another group of people to my DNR list.

No, I don't read every reply in every thread.. particularly when people don't know how to say something in one sentence..but if I post a thead, I read each and every reply and respond to each one. It's only common courtsey to acknowledge those who took the time to respond. Those who make a pattern of not extending this courtsey, they also get added to the DNR list.

I don't want to keep repeating what I said, it does not seem to register anyway and people seem to read what they want to read, but the title of the thread is about arrays and the trouble everyone seemed to be having was with the first part. I addressed that and I also addressed the second part; however my question went un-answered..Can't help you if you don't clarify what you are asking.

I used to use arrays extensively, much less now, and I could make dancing queens out of arrays..once you understand arrays and how to use them, it becomes a very simple matter and you will use them all day long in lieu of many other methods..they are very poorly explained in the help file though.. there is a very simple way to explain them and I was about to post that in a thread "Understanding Arrays", but now that also sounds like a big waste for time..

Ira:
I don't know what is it with you? how could you possibly make a dumb statment like that? if the syntax does not make any difference, then what does?

Why do you always feel the urge to make these lunatic statments? Now, it might look to an outsider that I am constantly trying to beat on you, I am not. Each and every time IT IS YOU who starts these meaningless idle arguments and it does not matter how many times I try to avoid engaging in these arguments, it seems that you insist on engaging me. You have posted several replies in this thread and there were many errors in them, but I didn't want to engage in any debates with you so I didn't resopnd. But, it seems like you just can't live without provoking me to beat on you and then cry foul when I finally do.

And finally, to the jailbirds, since you have a lot of time at hand and what else jailbirds have but time, maybe you could help me out with this question:

Running a race, Jack overtook the second person.
What position is Jack in?