Hi Robert,
I understand what you wrote. That is not a problem for me.
What I want is to be able to put my function into the LC IDE so that I can
use it in other stacks.
You mention a library stack. I do not know how to make one or use one. Is
there some tutorial or something that will tell me how?
Thanks,
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Brenstein" <r...@robelko.com>
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: problem with counting words
Larry,
Change the first line of your function to
function commaInsert thisFigure
Better yet:
function commaInsert pFigure
put pFigure into thisFigure
Then add before the last end the following line
return thisFigure
If you have your function anywhere in the path (like in the stack script
or library stack that is in use), then the following will work as you want
put commaInsert(thisFigure) into field "myDollarDisplay"
Robert
On 12.10.2014 at 17:09 Uhr -0600 <la...@significantplanet.org> apparently
wrote:
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
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