[ic] regular variables in [calc] tags

[Ed LaFrance]

At 02:28 PM 12/11/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>I used to be able to do this:
>
>[currency][calc]$totalretail-[subtotal][/calc][/currency]
>
>Now, (interchange 4.6) it doesn't appear to know what [subtotal] means in
>the context of a [calc] tag.
>
>It appears the variables and their scopes has been completely changed.  Is
>there any definitive work on the subject available?  My doc searching turns
>up old Minivend paradigm stuff, which is what isn't working anymore.
>
>How can I get this to work?
>
>$totalretail is set by calc tags earlier in the page, it is valid.
>
>Russ

Without looking at the most recent IC docs, I would guess that you would 
need to use [subtotal noformat=1].  Otherwise The leading currency symbol 
will most likely break your calc.

- Ed L.


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