[Newbies] Re: debugging by using a global variable?

[Joseph Alotta]

bert,

thanks.  I heard something ding when I dragged it, but nothing happened.  I couldn’t find the item on the menus.

Sincerely,

Joe.


> On Apr 20, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Bert Freudenberg [via Smalltalk] <ml-node+s1294792n4891032h41 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:
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> > On 20.04.2016, at 17:19, Joseph Alotta <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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> > Greetings, 
> > 
> > My code has some complex parts and I think it would be good to pull parts of it out and practice with it in a workspace window. 
> > 
> > For example, I have an Array of Transaction objects, that is a instance variable.  It is mostly populated from reading a file. 
> > 
> > What would be the best method to extract this array? 
> > 
> > Assign it to a global variable?
> That’s one way to do it. 
> 
> You can also drag that instance variable from the inspector to the workspace, which will create a variable reference. 
> 
> In the latest trunk image this should work seamlessly: If you drop an Array, the workspace variable will be named something like “array12345” and be bound to that Array. 
> 
> In the stable release image, you have to first enable the workspace’s “accept dropped morphs” flag from its menu button. It will create a variable named “transfer12345” and put the morph in it. You will have to refer to the Array as “transfer12345 passenger”. 
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> - Bert - 
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