value function fails for multi-line input

[Robert Brenstein]

>Dick,
>
>"a" is a string not the variable a
>either of the following lines will work:
>
>put value (a) & cr & (b)
>put value (a) & cr & value (b) into c; put value(c)
>
>But, really, you can just say:
>
>put a & cr & b into c
>put c
>
>Pat
>patrend at bigpond.com

"a" is a reserved word in Transcript and using it as a variable works 
haphazardously, some times it does but mostly it doesn't. Not sure if 
this has anything to do with the reported problem, though, but worth 
checking.

Robert