put
expression into
before
after
container with
propertyName propertyValue
PropertyName is the name of a property.
put "Hello" into steve
put empty into it
put it
put "Tom" into first word of theName
put "." after first character of last word of bill
put steve + bill into andy
put the date into myDate
The put
command without a container specified presents the given value to the user in an implementation-defined way. OpenXION prints the given value to standard output. HyperCard puts the given value into the message box.
The put
command with a container copies the given value into container. The before
and after
prepositions specify that the given value should be inserted before or after the existing contents, respectively, instead of completely replacing the existing contents. The with
keyword allows you to set a property of the new contents.
If the specified container is a variable name but the variable has not been created yet, a new local variable is created with that name.
The only property HyperTalk supports for the with
keyword is menuMessage
.