activate, deactivate

action

Syntax
activate (switch-name) indexer?

deactivate (switch-name) indexer?


Purpose

activate sets the value of a switch to true. deactivate sets the value of a switch to false. Thus: 

  activate foo
is equivalent to 
  set foo to true

Similarly: 

  deactivate bar[3]
is equivalent to 
  set bar[3] to false

Putting these fragments together to make a program, you can run the following: 

  process
     local switch foo
     local switch bar variable initial { true, false, true }
  
     activate foo
     set foo to false
  
     do when foo
        output "Switch foo is true!%n"
  
     else
        output "Switch foo is false!%n"
     done
  
     deactivate bar[3]
     set bar[3] to true
  
     do when bar
        output "Switch bar is true!%n"
  
     else
        output "Switch bar is false!%n"
     done
  
  ;Output: "Switch foo is false!
  ;         Switch bar is true!"

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