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[evilmax17]

Does BrightScript support something like the following syntax format?

result = myFunction( "Parameter 1",
                     "Parameter 2",
                     "Parameter 3" )

I've tried a few different things, and I can't get it to compile unless it's all on one line.

Thanks!

[destruk]

The sdk makes this work with something similar to
result = myFunction( {"Parameter 1",
"Parameter 2",
"Parameter 3"} )

[kbenson]

"destruk" wrote:
The sdk makes this work with something similar to
result = myFunction( {"Parameter 1",
"Parameter 2",
"Parameter 3"} )

Data structure definitions (in this case you are passing an associative array as the single parameter) can span multiple lines, and if so the comma is optional. As far as I know, there's no way to span a statement across multiple lines, since there is no end of statement marker (such as semicolon).

[RokuKevin]

The end of line is a statement terminator, so it is meaningful much like a ';' in some other languages. Therefore you can't use the end of line as regular whitespace as you would in some other languages.

The associative array literal uses the line terminator as a field separator so it appears that the end of line is treated as normal whitespace in this case (because it doesn't end the statement), but it is not. It just has a different meaning.

--Kevin