GetText with seq() problem

[Barry Kahn]

Some day I'll remember these details, although in the race between  
learning Panorama and losing brain cells, the odds aren't looking so  
good.

Thanks Dave--that fixed it, of course.

bk



>> I'd like to take this:
>>
>> seq() ¾ 100
>>
>> which I can use manually in a FormulaFindSelect to limit the  
>> length of a list
>>
>> and incorporate it into a GetText dialog so the
>> user can input the number. But not sure how to
>> do it. I imagine it would have a command and
>> then:  seq() ¾ howMany
>>
>> but my various attempts all produce errors.
>>
>> So I'm stuck here:
>>
>> local howMany
>> howMany=150"
>>
>> GetText "Choose the top _______ items:",howMany
>
> Make that
>
> local howMany
> howMany="150"
>
> GetText "Choose the top _______ items:",howMany
> howMany = val(howMany)
>
> Then you will be able to use
>
> Select seq() <= howMany
>
> to select the requested number of records.
> Without that val( function, you would have been
> comparing a number to text, and you would have
> gotten a type mismatch.
>
> Dave
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Barry Kahn
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