changing variable name with other variable in loop

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#1

I’m trying to change a variable name in a loop and use the counter to change the variable name. This is what I have tried.

repeat with y from 1 to 2
return title & y
end repeat

I’m trying to get back return title1 the first time and title2 the second time.

#2

Hi,

there is no 2nd time, because the keyword return
either aborts the script, if used on top level of the script, or leaves a handler immediately, if used in a handler

#3

ok, perhaps return is not the best example.
I was trying to set title1 to text carried out in the first iteration
and title2 to to text carried out in the second.
I left out all the other code because it was confusing.
I was using return just to check what I had in the results pane.
I thought it would be easier this way than typing the loop information twice.

#4

Now I got it. :slight_smile:

Normally it’s not possible to change names of variables at runtime,
unless you do it with second level evaluation, that means running a literal string script,
which compiles at runtime.

But this might be more complicated than defining the variables separately

#5

This will create the variables, can’t clam fame for this I got it off this site about a month ago

set variables to {}
repeat with i from 1 to 5
	set end of variables to "var" & i & ":\"\""
end repeat
set text item delimiters to ","
set variables to "{" & (variables as string) & "}"
set variables to run script variables

If you got working code please post it.

Why don’t you use a list, and call the items of the list

#6

do you have any other ways of running a long loop twice and storing the result into 2 seperate variables?

#7

I didn’t write the code loop and I don’t think it works with a list.
I tried it but got a response that seemed like it wasn’t working as a list.