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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: More HyperCard Array questions
Message-ID: <175@stech.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 11:28:55 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 26 11:28:55 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 31-Oct-87 07:33:06 EST
Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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I thought I'd move this message to the new group, figuring that we ought to 
use it (we asked for it loudly enough!)

Chuq - thanks for your suggestion about using words within a field as an
array.  As you suggested, I can use before and after to implement a 
straight-insertion sort.  There is, however, one problem that I can
forsee.  Perhaps you or someone else has a suggestion.

The calculations that require the arrays should be invisible to the user.  If
I use a field to store the data, then that field has to be on a card somewhere.
Even if the field is transparent and very small, the first few characters of
data will still show up whenever the user looks at the card to which the field
is attached.

Is there some way to have a totally invisible field?  (Pardon my dumbness if
I'm overlooking something very obvious here.)  Or, is there some way to include
a card that a user can never get to?

 
Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
ihnp4!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop

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