Looping Variables

[johnrh]

Is it possible within a filemaker script to do the following.

I want to loop through a set of records for each record set a variable equal to the value of a particular field for each record

So that afterwards I will have a set of say 10 variables (if there are 10 records in the found set) each one matching a value in a particular record

Say for example

Var1 = Feild Value from record1

Var2 = Field value from record 2 etc...

In other places I would use a combination of for...next loops but how to go about it in Filemaker?

Thanks

John

[Aeolia]

Use a loop, and then a global field (for an array), a series of global fields (for storing independent variables) or a related file to store the values.

The your script can run:

Go to Record/Request/Page [First]

Set Field [gVariableArray, ""]

Loop

Set Field [gVariableArray, gVariableArray & "|" & YourFieldValue]

Go to Record/Request/Page [Exit after last, Next]

End Loop

THis will get the delimited array of variables from the current found set into the gVariableArray text field.

[johnrh]

Thanks for that. The only other step I need is how to get this array back out into individual fields

[Korky]

I suspect that the answer to your problem is extremely simple. It's the question I can't understand.

You seem to be saying that you want to go to each record in turn, grab a value from a particular field, then place that value in another field.

This doesn't make sense.

Can you explain a bit more please.