layout.variables.fmfn

/*
 * =====================================================
 * layout.variables ( scope )
 * 
 * RETURNS:       (string) key/value pairs as $key = value in positional order
 * PARAMETERS:    @scope = (enum) global, local
 * DEPENDENCIES:  none
 * ABOUT:         Takes two compliment set of lists
 *                and turns them into FMP defined variables
 * NOTES:         none
 * =====================================================
 *
 */

Let ( [
	var.fieldNames = FieldNames ( Get ( FileName ) ; Get ( LayoutName ) );
	var.prefix = "Let ( var.value = GetField ( \"";
	var.suffix = "\" ); If ( IsEmpty ( var.value ) ; \"-\" ; var.value ) ) &\¶&";
	var.calculation = var.prefix &
	   Substitute (
   		var.fieldNames;
   		[ ¶ ; ¶ & var.prefix ];
   		[ ¶ ; var.suffix & ¶ ]
   	) & var.suffix;
	var.calculation = Left ( var.calculation ; Length ( var.calculation ) - 3 ); // trim off last concatenation
	var.fieldData = Evaluate ( var.calculation )
];
   var.list ( var.fieldNames ; var.fieldData ; scope )
)