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parseItemsAsNumberList

Type​

handler

Summary​

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

Syntax​

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

Description​

Helper function for converting a LiveCode Script "item" list into a list of numbers, 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

Value​

NameTypeDescription

return

The parsed items as a list of strings

handler: parseItemsAsStringList, formatNumberListAsItems