Vaughn- Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 10:26:12 AM, you wrote:
> I am a database developer so I am new to LiveCode. I used the dictionary > trying to do the following but the Hypertalk script approach is not clear. Not a problem. Basically you've already written the code by describing it in pseudocode: > I simply want to take one field and use a math operator to say add two > fields together and put the result into a third field. > Example: Loan amount + loan fees = Sum amount of loan put field "loan amount" + field "loan fees" into field "sum" > I might want to add 3 fields together and then subtract a different field > from the sum of the 3 fields. put field 1 + field 2 + field 3 - field 4 into total > Or take a loan percentage * the Loan amount to get the amount of interest put tLoanPercentage * tLoanAmount into tInterestAmount -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode