problem with counting words

[Robert Brenstein]

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 <larry at 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: <dunbarx at aol.com>
>To: <use-livecode at 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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