RE: [flasher] number -> currency

[jwoodw - Jeffrey Woodward]

Here's some Flash 4 number formatting code I wrote (with the great help of a

programmer friend and lots o' folks on this list) sometime last year.  It's

been too long since I've revisited it, so I don't know for sure if I could

adequately explain how it works, but I use it like a function.  I put the

code in a frame labeled "commaParser" and whenever I have a number variable

defined as "input" that I needed to format, I just do a Call("commaParser")

and it returns the variable "formatted".  I hope it helps!


Here's the code:


Set Variable: "subInput" = (input - Int (input) + .005) * 100

Set Variable: "subInput2" = Int (subInput) / 100

Set Variable: "formatted" = ""

Set Variable: "i" = 0

Loop While (i < length (Int (input)) - 1)

      Set Variable: "formatted" = Substring (input, length (Int (input)) -

i, 1) & formatted

      If (Int ((i + 1) / 3) = (i + 1)/3)

            Set Variable: "formatted" = "," & formatted

      End If

      Set Variable: "i" = i + 1

End Loop

Set Variable: "formatted" = Substring (Int (input), 1, 1) & formatted

If (length (subinput2) = 3)

      Set Variable: "formatted" = formatted & Substring (subInput2, 2, 3) &

"0"

Else

      Set Variable: "formatted" = formatted & Substring (subInput2, 2, 3)

End If


Good luck with your project!

Jeff



-----Original Message-----

From: Patrick McNeil [

pmcneilsonacomis [dot] com (mailto:pmcneilsonacomis [dot] com)

]

Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 12:19 PM

To: flasher from chinwag

Subject: [flasher] number -> currency




I need to format a bunch of numbers that are imported as currency. ie, add

the $ and commas. Is their a function in flash to format numbers? I havn't

found one but thought I might just be over looking it. If not, any tutorials

on doing it. I just don't feel like figuring the code out if I don't have

to...Thanks for the help...


Patrick



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