That's it exactly. Without the parentheses, the Transcript thinks that
you are trying to send it the message #show:printShowingDecimalPlaces:
which it does not understand. By adding parentheses, you are first sending
the message #printShowingDecimalPlaces: to 2.54343 (a Float object),
which understands the message and answers a ByteString object. You
are then sending the message #show: to the Transcript, which now
understands that it should display the ByteString as you intended.
Dave
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:37:43PM -0500, Steve Thomas wrote:
> FYI, I have the same problem in Squeak 4.2 and Etoys 4.1
>
> Also I noticed that if I use parentheses I can get it to work:
> Transcript show: (2.54343 printShowingDecimalPlaces: 2) - OK does not throw
> exception
>
> Stephen
>
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Steve Thomas <
[hidden email]>wrote:
>
> > Subbu,
> >
> > Thanks it did help, I got it to work, but I don't understand the following
> > and not sure if it is a bug in Squeak or in my head.
> > I ran the three commands below in a workspace and don't understand why the
> > first one failed
> >
> > Transcript show: 2.54343 printShowingDecimalPlaces: 2 - Failed Message
> > Not Understood
> > t2 := 2.54343 printShowingDecimalPlaces: 2 - OK
> > Transcript show: t2 - OK showed 2.54 in Transcript
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:11 PM, K. K. Subramaniam <
[hidden email]>wrote:
> >
> >> On Friday 25 Feb 2011 12:07:42 pm Steve Thomas wrote:
> >> > How do I print integers or specify that I only want 2 digits to the
> >> right
> >> > of the decimal point? (Below is my script).
> >> > script1
> >> >
> >> > | tmpStr |
> >> >
> >> > tmpStr := 'Im a Bot.\My position is: ' withCRs , self getLocation
> >> > printString , '\and my direction is:' withCRs , self getHeading
> >> > printString. self sayText: tmpStr
> >>
> >> see printShowingDecimalPlaces: in Integer>>printing category. Also search
> >> for
> >> 'places' in message window for other options.
> >>
> >> HTH .. Subbu
> >>
> >
> >
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