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In response to your second question, nothing does in that example. You would need to change &num either there or in another script, but be careful of doing something like this:

if (&num == 0)
{
//do stuff
&num = 1;
}
if (&num == 1)
{
//do other stuff
}

because then both will happen. I often do this
Either use a goto command to skip to the end or put if (&num == 1) before if (&num == 0).

Edit: Sorry, no brains tonight. To change &num you'd need to do this:

&num = 1;
editor_seq(&getnum, &num);

That way &num is saved in editor_seq(), so when you speak to the sprite again (even after leaving the screen) &num will still be 1.