Hi Craig, I've written several functions within stacks, but have no idea how to create a library stack or, seems better, as a plug-in. For example, one function I use in many of the programs I'm writing is: commaInsert:
on commaInsert put round(thisFigure) into thisFigure if thisFigure < 0 then put thisFigure * -1 into thisFigure put the length of thisFigure into L if L > 3 then put "," before char -3 of thisFigure put the length of thisFigure into L if L > 7 then put "," before char -7 of thisFigure put the length of thisFigure into L if L > 11 then put "," before char -11 of thisFigure put the length of thisFigure into L if L > 15 then put "," before char -15 of thisFigure -- THIS WOULD BE AT LEAST 1 TRILLION!! put "$" before thisFigure end commaInsert I use the above function (command) after performing math functions on numbers that I then want to display as dollar amounts with the commas in the right places. It would be very cool to have it available all the time through a plug-in. It would be even more cool if I could somehow add it to the LC dictionary and do this: put commaInsert(thisFigure) into field "myDollarDisplay" if thisFigure < 1 then set the textcolor of field "myDollarDisplay" to red Or even: put commaInsert(thisFigure + otherFigure) into [container] >From what I've heard from programming friends, other languages allow for >adding of functions to the dictionary as in the two line example in italics >above. Do you know if that is possible in LC? As far as I know, it is not possible. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: <dunb...@aol.com> To: <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 4:53 PM Subject: Re: problem with counting words > > > Larry. > But you can make your own "dictionary". Without limit. Most of that, too, has > been possible since Hypercard. You can define your own properties, commands > and functions, and place them in permanent use in several ways, for example, > as a library stack in use or a plug-in. > Have you ever written such a thing? Please write back if you have not, and we > will play around for a while. Or if you have written such gadgetry, but just > never saved any of them for later, general use in your own personal LC world, > the tell us that as well. > Craig Newman > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
