# Quantity reporting on drop/pickup

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quantity-reporting-on-drop-pickup/904>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [April 19, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quantity-reporting-on-drop-pickup/904 "2013-04-19T19:27:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quantity-reporting-on-drop-pickup/904/1 "2013-04-19T19:27:07Z")

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If I drop .44 Magnum bullets it doesn’t show the “#” for specified quantity, though it does accept the commands for it. Also, it is currently on “?” key, as a side note.

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**Author:** ![Williham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/williham/32/845_2.png) [@Williham](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Williham)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quantity-reporting-on-drop-pickup/904/2 "2013-04-19T21:20:33Z")

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The latter is due to an extension to the characters useable for inventory keys; among those added are “{}!|/^:;.?\*@”#&="

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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quantity-reporting-on-drop-pickup/904/3 "2013-04-20T02:40:01Z")

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I figured that, Nethack only has 52+#, which is oddly not enough sometimes.