Posted by Joe Stump on 06/06/05 19:56

{math equation="a - b" a=-60 b=$posX assign="offSetX"}

That doesn't work? If not then that's a bug IMO with math. Also your
example looks good, did you try adding parenthesis? ie. {assign
var="offSetX" value=(-60 - $possX)}

--Joe

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On Jun 6, 2005, at 9:50 AM, dc wrote:

> how do i just get the result of a calc assigned to a variable?
>
> eg:
> {assign var='offSetX' value=-60-$posX }
>
> if posX is 30 returns:
> "-60-30"
>
> whereas i want -90
>
> math and eval dont seem to be the way to do it either...
>
> even tho i have done really tricky stuff in smarty, every time i go
> away for a day i get stumped by the syntax on variables. it really
> is kind of un-intuitive...
>
> {capture ... } ?
>
> /dc
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