$optVal = rtrim($optVal) ;
			$ModOptVal=$optVal;   \\new variable to hold stripped optVal
			// is there a colour if so strip the colour code
   			$pgiend = strpos($optVal,'!');
   			 if ($pgiend>0) $ModOptVal = substr($ModOptVal,0,$pgiend);
 			// is there a slur if so strip the slur code
  			 $pgiend = strpos($optVal,'^');
   		               if ($pgiend>0) $ModOptVal = substr($ModOptVal,0,$pgiend);
  			 // is there an accidental if so remove the accidental
			$pgacclist = '\#bnxv';
			if (strpbrk($pgacclist,substr($ModOptVal,0,1)))	$ModOptVal = substr($ModOptVal,1);
			\\ now check for a valid modification using the stripped optVal
			switch ($comp) 
			{
				case "<=" : if (!($ModOptVal <= $this->comparesTo[$opt])) return FALSE ; break ;
				case "<"  : if (!($ModOptVal  < $this->comparesTo[$opt])) return FALSE ; break ;
				case "==" : if (!($ModOptVal == $this->comparesTo[$opt])) return FALSE ; break ;
				case ">=" : if (!($ModOptVal >= $this->comparesTo[$opt])) return FALSE ; break ;
				case ">"  : if (!($ModOptVal  > $this->comparesTo[$opt])) return FALSE ; break ;
				case "!=" : if (!($ModOptVal != $this->comparesTo[$opt])) return FALSE ; break ;
			}
		}
		// well, it didn't disqualify itself, so I'd better return TRUE
		return TRUE ;
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		switch ($this->GetAction()) 
		{
			case GM_DELETE: break ;	// do nothing, as the action is to NOT PRINT
			case GM_MOD:
				$opts = gm_getTaggedOpt($this->ActionTarget,$o) ;
				if ($opts === FALSE && !(in_array($this->ActionMod, array("+=", "-="))))	// if value doesn't exist, can't modify
				{
					inform("Couldn't perform ".$this->ActionTarget.$this->ActionMod.$this->ActionValue." in " . $o->ReconstructClipText()."\n");
					break ; 
				}
				if ($opts == FALSE) $opts = 0;	// but we make an exception for += and -=, since 0 is often a default value for these
					
				//is there a colour if so strip the colour code
                                		$pgcolour = '';
                           			$pgbcolour = FALSE; 			        
   				$pgiend = strpos($opts,'!');
   				if ($pgiend>0)  
   				 {
   			    	$pgcolour = substr($opts,$pgiend+1);
   			        	$opts = substr($opts,0,$pgiend);
   			        	$pgbcolour = TRUE;
  			     	 }
 				//is there a slur if so strip the slur code
                                		$pgslur = '';
                                		$pgbslur = FALSE; 			        
   				$pgiend = strpos($opts,'^');
   			       	if ($pgiend>0)  
   			     	 {
   			       	$pgslur = substr($opts,$pgiend+1);
   			        	$opts = substr($opts,0,$pgiend);
   			        	$pgbslur = TRUE;
  			      	 }
     			   	//is there an accidental if so remove the accidental
				$pgacclist = '\#bnxv';
				$pgbacc = FALSE;
				$pgacc = '';
				if (strpbrk($pgacclist,substr($opts,0,1))) 
				{
				$pgacc = substr($opts,0,1);
				$pgbacc = TRUE;
				$opts = substr($opts,1);
				}	 
   			       	switch ($this->ActionMod)			// now we can do the action
				{
					case "+=" :	$opts += $this->ActionValue ;	break ;
					case "-=" :	$opts -= $this->ActionValue ;	break ;
					case "*=" :	$opts *= $this->ActionValue ;	break ;
					case "/=" :	$opts /= $this->ActionValue ;	break ;
				}
				$opts = (string) round($opts) ; // convert numbers back to string for correct interpretation by ReconstructClipText 
				if ($pgbacc) $opts = $pgacc.$opts;
				if ($pgbcolour) $opts = $opts."!".$pgcolour;
				if ($pgbslur) $opts= $opts."^";
				
				gm_setTaggedOpt($this->ActionTarget,$o,$opts) ;
				break ;
			case GM_SET:
				gm_setTaggedOpt($this->ActionTarget,$o,$this->ActionValue) ;
				break ;