curious behavior...

[Wouter]

> Chipp Walters chipp at chipp.com
> Fri May 28 08:19:47 EDT 2004
>
>
> I'm trying to programatically set the numberFormat property.
>
> on mouseUp
>    repeat 4 times
>      put "#" after t
>    end repeat
>    put "set the numberFormat to " &quote& t &quote into tDo
>    do tDo
>    put 5+1
> end mouseUp
>
> puts just "6" in the msg
>
> now if I try:
>
> on mouseUp
>    set the numberFormat to "####"
>    put 5+1
> end mouseUp
>
> It puts the expected "0006"
>
> Any ideas why??

No ideas.
But this works (unless you need a "do xxx" statement):

on mouseUp
   repeat 4 times
     put "#" after t
   end repeat
   set the numberFormat to t
   put 5+1
end mouseUp

puts   "0006"

And to add to the curious behavior try this:

on mouseUp
   repeat 4 times
     put "#" after t
   end repeat
   set the numberFormat to quote & t &quote
   put 5+1
end mouseUp

puts  "000006"

Greetings,
WA