[squeakland] How can I evaluate an Expression in Text

[Ricardo Moran]

Hi Steve,

>From a script of the text object you can write:

Compiler evaluate: self getCharacters.

and if the text contains a valid smalltalk expression it will work,
otherwise it will throw an error. I don't remember exactly how to catch
syntax errors, though. I did it for the spreadsheet object last year, but I
wasn't sure if that's the right way.

As for the format, I have no idea. Sorry.

Cheers,
Richo

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com> wrote:

> So if I have a Text Object with the "characters" value: (5 + 2) / 2
> How can I set the numeric value of another text object (or any variable of
> Type Number) to the "evaluated" value?
>
> Ie: how can I set the value to the equivalent of <CMD-P>?
> Also how can I specify the format as either "7/2" or 3.5?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen
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