--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Variables_in_the_Text_Block.tex 2012/10/12 13:26:55 1.3
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Variables_in_the_Text_Block.tex 2013/08/28 03:21:36 1.6
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
\label{Variables_in_the_Text_Block}
-Once you've defined variables in the \textbf{Script}, you can use them in
+\index{variables in text block}
+Once you've defined variables in the \textbf{Script}, you can display them in
the \textbf{Text Block}. For example, using the previous three-line script
we've created so far, you can place the following in the \textbf{Text Block}:
-See~the~3:~\$variable
-
-See~the~string:~\$stringVar
+\begin{verbatim}
+See the 3: $variable
+See the string: $stringVar
+\end{verbatim}
%
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}\includegraphics{numericalResponseVarInText}\end{center}
@@ -19,3 +21,8 @@ If you save that and hit \textbf{View},
was turned into a 3, and the {}``\$stringVar'' was turned into {}``I have
a variable with the value 3.''
+If you are generating numbers using a formula which includes a division operation, it is advisable to format your output.
+For example, if \$variable=1/3, it will display with too many digits. You can adjust the format
+using the \texttt{num} output tag \index{num output tag} \index{format numbers in text block}
+described in the Output Tags section \ref{Authoring_Output_Tags}
+