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parseItemsAsStringList

Type

handler

Summary

Parse a comma-delimited "item" string as a list of strings

Syntax

parseItemsAsStringList(<pStringValue>,<pListLength>,<pDefaultValue>)

Description

Helper function for converting a LiveCode Script "item" list into list of strings, obeying the LiveCode Script rules for items.

If pListLength is provided, then the returned list will always contain that number of elements: extra elements will be discarded, and missing elements will be set to pDefaultValue.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription

pStringValue

A string containing comma-delimited "items"

pListLength

The number of elements the parsed list should contain

pDefaultValue

Value to be used for extra elements

handler: parseItemsAsNumberList, formatStringListAsItems