problem with for...in

[Sam DeVore]

I always check the size of the table before I loop though it

like
if sizeOf(myTable) > 0
	for adr in myTable
		//code inserted here
else
	//code inserted here


sam d
On Sunday, November 3, 2002, at 09:56  AM, Jan M.J. Storms wrote:

> I have the following problem with iterate thru tables:
>
> for adr in myTable {
> 	adr^.myValue = "this string"}
>
> will give me an error if myTable is empty. It complains that there is 
> no
> item "item #1". If I check for the size of adr^ it tells me that it 
> can't
> get the size of adr^. If i check for the name of adr^ it returns "item 
> #1".
>
> I think that if I do a for..in loop on a table that is empty the 
> for...in
> loop should not be executed.
>
> A workaround at this time could be:
>
> for adr in myTable {
> 	try {
> 		sizeOf (adr^)}
> 	else {
> 		adr^.myValue = "this string"}}
>
> Is this something to be fixed?
>
>
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