Printing numbers to the transcript window

How come I can't do this in Dolphin Smalltalk 4.0?

1 to: 100 do: [
   :index |
   Transcript show: index ; cr.
]

I get a SmallInteger(Object)>>DoesNotUnderstand response.

Look up the method, the full signature is Transcript>>show: aString.

Therefore, try the following:

1 to: 100 do: [ :index | Transcript show: index displayString ; cr. ]

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Daryl

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"Jerome Chan" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
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> How come I can't do this in Dolphin Smalltalk 4.0?
>
> 1 to: 100 do: [
>    :index |
>    Transcript show: index ; cr.
> ]
>
> I get a SmallInteger(Object)>>DoesNotUnderstand response.

#show: expects a String argument, which you can see if you bring up the
debugger (the 8th line) when you get the walkback.  Change the expression to
Transcript show: index printString and it works fine.

Jerome Chan <[hidden email]> wrote in message
news:[hidden email]...
> How come I can't do this in Dolphin Smalltalk 4.0?
>
> 1 to: 100 do:

>    :index |
>    Transcript show: index ; cr.
> ]
>
> I get a SmallInteger(Object)>>DoesNotUnderstand response.

Take a look at the #print: and #display: methods for Transcript, too.  They
provide a nice shorthand way to get an object to #printOn: or to #displayOn the
Transcript's buffer.

Don

In article <oyCf6.15203$[hidden email]>, "Daryl
Richter" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Look up the method, the full signature is Transcript>>show: aString.
>
> Therefore, try the following:
>
> 1 to: 100 do: [ :index | Transcript show: index displayString ; cr. ]
>

Hrm. Is there a standard for Transcript? The code worked under Squeak,
and Smalltalk/X.