Defining locals or constants

[Ken Ray]

> constant WorldRadius = WorldConstant/pi
> 
> local LocalVar = WorldRadius * 2
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> 
> 
> That is initialise a local variable or constant to the result of a
> calculation. I can use a "preOpenStack" message to trigger a script.... but
> this is not always appropriate and clumsy - is there a simpler way?

Well, you could do this kind of workaround I learned from Teresa Snyder:

constant WorldConstant = 25000
constant WorldRadius ="[[WorldConstant/pi]]"

on answerTenTimesWorldRadius
  put 10 * merge(WorldRadius) into tResult
  answer tResult
end answerTenTimesWorldRadius

Don't know if this makes it any easier or harder, but just providing an
option...

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/