Yet another HC bug?

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From: Scott Storkel
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1987 02:32

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Does anyone know the status of the Hypercard global property numberFormat? This
property is listed in the HC manual (working draft 3), but doesn't seem to be
working.
     
I have two fields on two different cards, one with the value 3.00 the other
with the value 1.00. On openstack I do a set numberFormat to 00.00. However
when I do "add A to B; put a into message", wherre A is 3.00 and B is 1.00, the
answer is 4, NOT 4.00. What gives? Is this property still supposed to work? Has
it been renames? Is is yet another Hypercard bug?
     
Obviously I can write a clumsy function the formats everything the way I want
it, but it would sure be nice if this property worked as advertised. Anyone got
any info?
     
Thanks,
Scott Storkel
Macintosh Software Development
Rice University
(STORKEL@RICE.BITNET)
     
Disclaimer: In this moment of the NOW that I myself believe to be the truth,
            and have created for this lifetime, my employers are not
            responsible for the thought/actions that I produce.

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