Other Keywords

the

Supported By

Syntax

the descriptor [of parent]

the function-name [of argument]

the property-name [of object]

Description

The the keyword is used in several places.

It can be used in descriptors: the third word of steve

It can be used in function calls: the sqrt of sixteen

It can be used in property descriptors: the itemDelimiter

Note

In both XION and HyperTalk, the presence or absence of the the keyword is significant when the expression does not include the keyword of or in. For example, both the sqrt of 16 and the date are function calls, but sqrt of 16 is a function call while date by itself is a variable.