Re: Why is some_function()[some_index] invalid syntax?

From:	Casey	Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:10:43 +0000
Subject:	Re: Why is some_function()[some_index] invalid syntax?
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On Jan 10, 2008, at 8:00 PM, Arlen Christian Mart Cuss <celtic@sairyx.org

wrote:

Hi there, Why is it that if I try to evaluate an index of an array returned by a function immediately, a syntax error is produced? (unexpected '[', expecting ',' or ';') Thanks, Arlen.

I've run into this problem. (It works in Javascript >.>) While I don't know why, you could store it in a temporary variable or use the list() language construct. -Casey