Inputbox prompts by variable

Andreas

I have a problem once again .

This code works well:


prompts = ['What is your Name?', 'What is your Age?', 'Gender']  
defaults = ['Enter name', '', 'Male']  
list = ['', '', 'Male|Female']  
input = UI.inputbox prompts, defaults, list, 'Tell me about yourself.'

Now I want to give the information by variable.
For example for 'prompts':


p = "'"What is your Name?"'" + "," + "'"What is your Age?"'" + "," + "'"Gender"'"
prompts = [p]
...

But that don´t works!
What is my mistake?
Is there another way to solve the problem?
Or is that not possible?

honoluludesktop

Here are three lines out of one of my programs:

` prompts=["Help options: ","Import unit: ","Select origin: ","Polylines: ","Materials: "]

enums=[update_this, units_list, model_selection, convert_selection, import_texture]

results=inputbox prompts, a_values, enums, my_file_name+" Options"`

I have never tried what you seem to be attempting.

Jim

In the first example, prompts is an Array of Strings, which is the correct form.

In the second, p just a String; so when you write prompts = [p], y0u get an Array containing a single String.

p = [] p << "What is your Name?" << "What is your Age?" << "Gender" prompts = p

Do not use p as a variable. Although it does work, p is a shortcut for the .inspect method.
p prompts is the same as puts prompts.inspect