totc(#LSEL) in notation?

[Rob Mostyn]

Try totc(TheList,#LSEL) Das.

Rob Mostyn

> On 3 Oct 2021, at 20:43, Das Goravani <goravanis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I am wondering how to do
> 
> Set current list TheList
> Calculate #1 as totc(#LSEL)
> 
> I looked everywhere and could not find anything on the SELECTED state of a line in a list
> 
> How do you ask via notation if a line is selected.. I’m used to #LSEL which relies on the current list
> 
> On another note:
> 
> Is there a way to use the FOR.. loop to go to selected lines only..
> 
> I know how to do it another way, which is fine ie
> 
> Do TheList.$first(1)
> Repeat
>   Some code here
>   Do TheList.$next(,1)
> Until flag false
> 
> That’s how I go through selected lines in a list, is there a slicker way?
> 
> I don’t know why this works
> 
> For TheList.$line from 1 to TheList.$linecount step 1
> End for
> 
> I don’t know how it knows that it should go to the line indicated by the counter, or how you all figured that out as it’s not in the online help.. maybe it’s in the manual
> 
> It seems that the first value.  TheList.$line.   Is just a counter.. a field that tells it how many iterations to perform
> 
> Then again from “from” and “to” argument tells it how many to undertake
> 
> But the online docs say the first value is only a counter.. not a pointer or more active agent
> 
> Somehow when you put TheList.$line it knows it’s a list, and it goes from line to line making the current line current
> 
> It baffles me a bit. But I’m happy to just use it. Thought I’d ask.
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