[Newbies] How can I execute a script on carriage return?

[Steve Thomas]

FYI, I have the same problem in Squeak 4.2 and Etoys 4.1

Also I noticed that if I use parentheses I can get it to work:
Transcript show: (2.54343 printShowingDecimalPlaces: 2)  - OK does not throw
exception

Stephen

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com>wrote:

> Subbu,
>
> Thanks it did help,  I got it to work, but I don't understand the following
> and not sure if it is a bug in Squeak or in my head.
> I ran the three commands below in a workspace and don't understand why the
> first one failed
>
> Transcript show: 2.54343  printShowingDecimalPlaces: 2   - Failed Message
> Not Understood
> t2 := 2.54343 printShowingDecimalPlaces: 2 - OK
> Transcript show: t2 - OK showed 2.54 in Transcript
>
> Stephen
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:11 PM, K. K. Subramaniam <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Friday 25 Feb 2011 12:07:42 pm Steve Thomas wrote:
>> > How do I print integers or specify that I only want 2 digits to the
>> right
>> > of the decimal point? (Below is my script).
>> > script1
>> >
>> > | tmpStr |
>> >
>> > tmpStr := 'Im a Bot.\My position is: ' withCRs , self getLocation
>> > printString , '\and my direction is:' withCRs , self getHeading
>> > printString. self sayText: tmpStr
>>
>> see printShowingDecimalPlaces: in Integer>>printing category. Also search
>> for
>> 'places' in message window for other options.
>>
>> HTH .. Subbu
>>
>
>
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