Re: FLASH: Formatting Numbers, decimals

[Helen Triolo]

jwoodw - Jeffrey Woodward wrote:

> 

> I guess the only problem left with this issue is to take care of numbers

> that happen to come out as decimals, i.e. - .54321 - Would you use some more

> "If" statements to handle this scenerio?


If the number might be a decimal (of unknown precision), I'd add another

loop to scan the string from right to left until the decimal is found,

and note where it appears (set a variable).  Then modify the existing

code to not put out any commas before the decimal is reached (and modify

the line that checks for multiples of 3 to take into account the extra

stuff to the right of the decimal).  That's what I'd do but maybe

there's an easier way -- if you come up with a good routine, post the

code!


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