--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Variables_in_the_Text_Block.tex 2002/07/05 16:12:31 1.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Variables_in_the_Text_Block.tex 2017/06/12 17:25:06 1.7
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
+\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~string:~\$stringVar
-\end{lyxcode}
+\begin{verbatim}
+See the 3: $variable
+See the string: $stringVar
+\end{verbatim}
%
\begin{figure}
-\begin{center}\includegraphics{numericalResponseVarInText}\end{center}
+\begin{center}\includegraphics[width=0.70\paperwidth]{numericalResponseVarInText}\end{center}
\caption{Result of Variables in the Text Block\label{Result of Variables in the Text Block Figure}}
@@ -20,3 +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}
+