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…e parent algorithm. Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8043 git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@4328 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Oct 25, 2009 · 278780a · 278780a
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@@ -3123,11 +3123,13 @@ <h5 id=ratios><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Ratios</h5>
    <li>Otherwise, return <var title="">number1</var> and
    <var title="">number2</var>.</li>
 
-  </ol><p>The algorithm to <dfn id=find-a-number>find a number</dfn> is as follows. It is
-  given a string and a starting position, and returns either nothing,
-  a number, or an error condition.</p>
+  </ol><p>The algorithm to <dfn id=find-a-number>find a number</dfn> is as follows. It
+  returns either nothing, a number, or an error condition.</p>
 
-  <ol><li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> that are not
+  <ol><li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> and <var title="">position</var> be the same variables as those of the same
+   name in the algorithm that invoked these steps.</li>
+
+   <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> that are not
    U+002E FULL STOP characters (.) and are not characters in the range
    U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9).</li>
 

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -2933,11 +2933,13 @@ a.setAttribute('href', 'http://example.com/'); // change the content attribute d
    <li>Otherwise, return <var title="">number1</var> and
    <var title="">number2</var>.</li>
 
-  </ol><p>The algorithm to <dfn id=find-a-number>find a number</dfn> is as follows. It is
-  given a string and a starting position, and returns either nothing,
-  a number, or an error condition.</p>
+  </ol><p>The algorithm to <dfn id=find-a-number>find a number</dfn> is as follows. It
+  returns either nothing, a number, or an error condition.</p>
 
-  <ol><li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> that are not
+  <ol><li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> and <var title="">position</var> be the same variables as those of the same
+   name in the algorithm that invoked these steps.</li>
+
+   <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> that are not
    U+002E FULL STOP characters (.) and are not characters in the range
    U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9).</li>
 

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -2108,12 +2108,15 @@ a.setAttribute('href', 'http://example.com/'); // change the content attribute d
 
   </ol>
 
-  <p>The algorithm to <dfn>find a number</dfn> is as follows. It is
-  given a string and a starting position, and returns either nothing,
-  a number, or an error condition.</p>
+  <p>The algorithm to <dfn>find a number</dfn> is as follows. It
+  returns either nothing, a number, or an error condition.</p>
 
   <ol>
 
+   <li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> and <var
+   title="">position</var> be the same variables as those of the same
+   name in the algorithm that invoked these steps.</p></li>
+
    <li><p><span>Collect a sequence of characters</span> that are not
    U+002E FULL STOP characters (.) and are not characters in the range
    U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9).</p></li>