the
chunk of
parent
the
descriptor of
parent
the
function-name of
argument
the
property-name of
object
The of
keyword is used in several places to describe child-parent relationships between objects and arguments to function calls.
It is used in chunk expressions: char 32
of
steve
It is used in descriptors for child objects: file "doc.xnd"
of
folder "Documentation"
It is used in function calls: the sqrt
of
sixteen
It is used in property descriptors: the location
of
myRectangle
It is used in operators: steve is an element
of
bill
It is used in certain control structures: repeat for each myElement
of
myList
The in
and of
keywords are synonyms practically everywhere in both XION and HyperTalk, even when it would otherwise make no sense (e.g., the sqrt in 4
or "e" is of "hello"
).