RE: FLASH: Formatting Numbers, decimals

[Branden Hall]

The best way I have found is:


say we have the number 23.12623

and we want to reduce it down to 23.13

first take the int of the number and subtract that from the actual number to

get .12623

then add .005 to that to get .13123

then multiply that times 100 to get 13.123

then take the int of that (13) and divide it by 100 to get .13

then just add .13 to the int of the orginal number (23) to get 23.13


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer / Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software - "We've got you covered!"



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Subject: Re: FLASH: Formatting Numbers, decimals



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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