Roku Developer Program

Join our online forum to talk to Roku developers and fellow channel creators. Ask questions, share tips with the community, and find helpful resources.
cancel
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
jseigle85
Visitor

Content in a roVideoScreen

I need help understand this code
screen.SetContent({
Title: "My Video"
StreamFormat: "hls"
Stream: { URL: "http://ec2-184-72-239-149.compute-1.amazonaws.com:1935/demos/smil:bigbuckbunnyiphone.smil/playlist.m3u8"}
})
screen.Show()


Can you explain what the brackets are for in this code example Why not use one bracket:
screen.SetContent[color=#FF0000]([/color]
Title: "My Video"
StreamFormat: "hls"
Stream: { URL: "http://ec2-184-72-239-149.compute-1.amazonaws.com:1935/demos/smil:bigbuckbunnyiphone.smil/playlist.m3u8"}
[color=#FF0000])[/color]


Why do we need all of these brackets:

screen.SetContent[color=#FF0000]({[/color]
Title: "My Video"
StreamFormat: "hls"
Stream: [color=#BF0000]{[/color] URL: "http://ec2-184-72-239-149.compute-1.amazonaws.com:1935/demos/smil:bigbuckbunnyiphone.smil/playlist.m3u8"[color=#BF0000]}[/color]
[color=#FF0000]})[/color]
0 Kudos
1 REPLY 1
jbrave
Channel Surfer

Re: Content in a roVideoScreen

square brackets indicate an array:

x=["test","west","best"]

?x[1]

>west

Curly brackets indicate an RoAssociativeArray:

x={dog:"animal",zucchini:"vegtable",quartz:"mineral"}

?x.zucchini

>vegtable

I could be wrong, but I think the code you posted has some extra brackets that are from an attempt to colorize the code when you posted it, this makes the code almost unreadable, don't try to colorize code you post on the forum, just copy, paste, highlight and click "code" button before posting.

- Joel
Screenshades: The first Screensaver for Roku2!
Musiclouds: The best free internet music, on your Roku!
Ouroborialis: Psychedelic Screensaver for Roku!
0 Kudos