the
chunk in
parent
the
descriptor in
parent
the
function-name in
argument
the
property-name in
object
The in
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
in
steve
It is used in descriptors for child objects: file "doc.xnd"
in
folder "Documentation"
It is used in function calls: the sqrt
in
sixteen
It is used in property descriptors: the location
in
myRectangle
It is used in operators: steve is an element
in
bill
It is used in certain control structures: repeat for each myElement
in
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"
).