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From: chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively)
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Subject: Re: MPW Pascal and libraries
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Date: 14 Mar 90 18:47:49 GMT
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In article <958@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP> franklin@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP 
(Katherine Franklin) writes:
> I'm just beginning to program on the Mac with MPW Pascal. I have the
> MPW manuals and the Pascal Manual. Why does it feel like there is
> something missing ? How do I find out what is in the libraries and
> how they work ? I've looked at the interface files, but they are
> confusing and there are so many of them !! I haven't a clue where to 
begin
> looking for what !! 
> 
> Example: I need to convert an integer to a string. It seems like a simple
> and common task that I would expect to either be a standard routine or in
> the libraries somewhere. Looking for every reference to strings in the 
the
> Pascal manual yields nothing. Is it in the libraries ? I have no idea. 
Nor
> do I know how to begin looking for the info.
> 
> Am I missing something ?
> 
>         Katherine

You certainly are, if the documents that you named are the only ones that 
you have on the subject.

You'll need at least Inside Macintosh Volumes I-IV, and volume V if you 
intend to support Macintosh SE- or II-class machines.  Also, you'll need 
the Macintosh Technical Notes, which are available via anonymous FTP to 
apple.com, in pub/dts/mac/tn, I believe.

Among other things, Inside Macintosh documents NumToString, which takes an 
INTEGER and a VAR STR255, e.g.:

VAR
  theErr: INTEGER;
  tempString: STR255;
...
NumToString(theErr, tempString);
...

This will convert theErr to a string, which you can then do whatever you 
wish with.

Hope this helps!

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