element

Type

keyword

Summary

Used with the repeat control structure to specify that the statements in the repeat loop will be executed once for each element in an array.

Syntax

element

Description

Use the element keyword to perform an action on all the elements of an array.

The word after the phrase for each element is a variable name. The value of each element is placed in this variable during that iteration of the repeat loop.

The structure

    repeat for each element myElement in myArray
    ...

end repeat

is equivalent to

    repeat with x = 1 to the number of lines in the keys of myArray
    put myArray[line x of the keys of myArray] into myElement
    ...

end repeat

However, the first form, using the element keyword, is much faster.

Examples

repeat for each element thisMonth in monthlyReceivables

Related

keyword: each, item, element

control structure: repeat

glossary: array, keyword, control structure

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.1

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile