Hi Steve, <div><br></div><div>From a script of the text object you can write:</div><div><br></div><div>Compiler evaluate: self getCharacters.</div><div><br></div><div>and if the text contains a valid smalltalk expression it will work, otherwise it will throw an error. I don&#39;t remember exactly how to catch syntax errors, though. I did it for the spreadsheet object last year, but I wasn&#39;t sure if that&#39;s the right way.</div>

<div><br></div><div>As for the format, I have no idea. Sorry.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Richo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Steve Thomas <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sthomas1@gosargon.com">sthomas1@gosargon.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">So if I have a Text Object with the &quot;characters&quot; value: (5 + 2) / 2<div>How can I set the numeric value of another text object (or any variable of Type Number) to the &quot;evaluated&quot; value?</div>

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<div>Ie: how can I set the value to the equivalent of &lt;CMD-P&gt;?</div><div>Also how can I specify the format as either &quot;7/2&quot; or 3.5?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br>Stephen</div>
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