[PD] numeric format--URGENT!!

[Claude Heiland-Allen]

adrian goya wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Í'm building an interface for registering visitors to an expo. I'm on 
> windows using 0.39.2-extended-test4 and the GUI is made with [gripd].... 
> So, someone inserts his name, mail and phone number in 3 different 
> textboxes in [gripd] and everything is [pack]ed together and inserted to 
> a [textfile]. The problem is that the phone numbers get converted to 
> scientific numeric format (eg: 0445554241424 = 4.4554e+011), so it´s of 
> no use.
>  
> How can I get the 0445554241424 (yes, that's a cellphone) to enter the 
> textfile exactly as it is written in the textbox?


Pd stores numbers only with a limited precision, something like 5 or 6 
decimal digits - but symbols are stored with any number of characters.

Use a symbol box, and [makefilename someprefix%s] before packing.  Note: 
this will not store exactly as the number is entered, but the prefix is 
necessary otherwise it will be considered as a number on load, and then 
lose precision....


Claude