[NTG-context] Re: Numbers obtained by commands <\datasetvariable> cannot be copied to counters

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@bittext.nl>]

> On 29 May 2024, at 14:05, ai2472206007@yeah.net wrote:
> 
> I'm defining a command to generate options for multiple choice questions, 
> but at the moment I'm stuck at this step. 
> I want to get a number and assign a value to the counter, but why can't I get it?
> 
> %%%%
> \starttext
> \definedataset [myset]
> \setdataset    [myset] [foo=1,boo=4]
> \newcount\tempa
> \datasetvariable{myset}{1}{boo} % definitely get 4
> %\tempa=\datasetvariable{myset}{1}{boo} % why i cannt pass 4 to tempa?
> %\number\tempa
> \stoptext

Works for me (minus comment signs of course):

 ConTeXt  ver: 2024.03.11 09:34 LMTX

Best wishes,
Taco


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