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From: jbnash@vms.macc.wisc.edu (John B. Nash)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Help tracking calculations in a field
Message-ID: <1991Jan13.073031.23407@macc.wisc.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 91 07:26:30 GMT
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Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
	I have two fields and one button.  The Price field has one line and
Lines: 26

contains a number (a price of an item).  The Tracking field tracks the price 
from month to month by showing the price over the last 12 months in a 12 line 
non-scrolling field.  When I push the Calculate button, a new price appears in 
the Price field (based on some script that I have no problem with) and the most 
recent price from that field goes to line one of the Tracking field, the next 
most recent price that was in line one goes to line two, line two price moves to 
three, three to four, etc.
	Right now, when I say:

  put line 1 of cd fld "Price" into line one of cd fld "Tracking"
  put line 1 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 2 of cd fld "Tracking"
  put line 2 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 3 of cd fld "Tracking"
  put line 3 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 4 of cd fld "Tracking"
etc.. 
	I get the same price in every line of the field "Tracking"  I now 
understand why, but don't know how to remedy the situation.  Any suggestions?
Basically, when the new price is calculated, I want to view in the Tracking 
field how the price has fluctuated over the last twelve times I've pushed the 
Calculation button.
	Thanks! 
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