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From: Adrian.Amadeo@f13.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Adrian Amadeo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Variables in a list?
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Date: 4 Apr 91 03:11:00 GMT
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You are right:
on foobar
  global G1,G2,G3
  put "G1,G2,G3" into myList
  put 77 into item 2 of myList
end foobar
Once you put an item into quotes ie: "G1,G2,G3"
then it becomes text.  It does not retain it's status as a variable.
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