What happens with RESULT value

RinksCustoms

·Ok, this is my first attempt at an actual spin application, i know the code may not even work and will need revision, all i would like to know is how do i assign the return value of a mehod from another object to a variable in my application. Do i even need to do this? The manual doesn't really explain this (bookmarks would be nice).

Iv'e tried :·
OBJ
pc··· : "pc_interface"

VAR
long··· distance
long··· okay

PUB· main

·· pc.start(30,31) : okay
·· if okay
····· more code...

I've also tried the following two variants:
·· pc.start(30,31) okay :=
and,
·· pc.start(30,31) | okay

attempting to store the methods result in the global var "okay"

and hit F9 and i get "expected end· of line" error. Am i just supposed to go about the prog and not worry about this as if the object reference call automatically stores the results in the global variables? for example, when i use ping.inches (obj.method), which references another object (ping), does the result from ".inches" get stored in the global distance variable for use by my app?


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CJ

okay := pc.start(30, 31)

assigns the return value of pc.start to okay

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RinksCustoms

ooooohhhhhhh, DUHH! sorry had a DE-DEDE! moment there, thanks

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"I laugh in the face of imposible,... not because i know it all, ... but because I don't know well enough!"