Repeating variable and ValueCount problem

[El_Pablo]

Hi,

I'm having trouble figuring out why ValueCount always return 1 when I trying to count the number of values in a repeating variable.

Here's is my test

   Set variable [$test; Value:1]

   Set variable [$test[2]; Value:2]

   Show Custom Dialog ["Test"; ValueCount($test)]

I'm sure the answer is very simple, but it's just not coming up right now...

[comment]

See here:

http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showpost.php?post/250828/

[El_Pablo]

So what you are saying is that there is no way we can use variables as arrays?

The only work around I found was concatening the same variable with a ¶ between each values.

   Set Variable [$test; Value:1]

   Set Variable [$test; $test & "¶" & 2]

   Show Custom Dialog ["Test"; ValueCount($test)]

This is a pretty awkward method don't you think so?

Edited June 5, 2007 by Guest

[comment]

So what you are saying is that there is no way we can use variables as arrays?

Sort of. I am saying they ARE NOT arrays.

This is a pretty awkward method don't you think so?

Hard to say without knowing what you're trying to do.

[El_Pablo]

Here is a print screen of my script

I'm trying to print multiple layout in a single PDF file using PDFTK.

What I need is to merge all the filenames from results of different scripts. This way I can create the required parameters for PDFTK.

Actually, I used the workaround, but I would have prefered to used a more standard way to develop.

[comment]

I see in your script that a single variable holds multiple values. I think that's how I would it, too.