--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Variables_in_the_Text_Block.tex 2002/07/18 15:52:27 1.2
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Variables_in_the_Text_Block.tex 2013/07/05 18:30:40 1.5
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
\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}:
\begin{lyxcode}
-See~the~3:~\$variable
-
+See~the~3:~\$variable
\\
See~the~string:~\$stringVar
\end{lyxcode}
%
@@ -21,3 +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 a generating numbers by a formula by division, you will want 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 section \ref{Authoring_Output_Tags}
+