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From: clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: numeration problem
Message-ID: <1372@runx.ips.oz>
Date: 18 Feb 88 04:34:00 GMT
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
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Well, I buckled under and tried to use Hypercard for a semi-useful project 
which would (I thought) have made a nice piece of stackware; unfortunately 
I ran up against the singular most STUPID piece of programming that I have 
seen in ANY computer syste,
	
Try 'put one' in the message box.  It outputs '1'. Cute,  Bill, real cute.
Try 'put "one"'.  It outputs 'one'.  OK, we have a workaround.
	
Now, create a new card and name it 'card one'.  Then try
'go to card "card one"' in the message box.  For me, it asks me (using
SFGetFile dialog) to find "card 1".  Crap, Bill, real crap.
	
Anyone got any clues on how I convince HyperCard to FORGET this "real
useful feature (converting one to 1, nine to 9, etc).  Otherwise, into the 
trash can goes the whole shebang, Hypercard and all.

Jeff Laing
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(posted on behalf of a Club Mac member)
Jason Haines, President

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