Problem with custom functions

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Try putting:
Cubit(3).    In the message box, without the "put"
This messed me up for awhile too.
Bill

William Prothero
http://es.earthednet.org

> On Jul 1, 2016, at 8:03 AM, Quentin Long <cubist at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure if I've exposed a horrible bug, or I've managed to completely forget something utterly bleeding obvious, or what. But whatever the deal is, I am having inordinate difficulty trying to use custom functions.
> 
> Recipe for the problem:
> 
> 0--Open LiveCode (Community Edition 8.0.0, build 13018) on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid-2012) running OS X 10.11.5, with a 500 GB hard drive (300 GB free space) and 16GB of RAM
> 
> 1--Create a new stack
> 
> 2--Put this into the script of the new stack:
> 
> function CubeIt DerNum
>   return (DerNum ^ 3)
> end CubeIt
> 
> 3--Type "put CubeIt (3)" into the message box
> 
> Expected result: "27" should show up in the message box.
> Actual result: Nothing shows up in the message box.
> 
> 4--Type "put CubeIt 3" into the message box
> Result:
> "Script compile error:
> "Error description: Handler: bad command"
> 
> What the heck is going on here?
> 
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