RE: FLASH: Limiting number of decimal places in a variable?

[Branden Hall]

Take the answer... add 5 to the decimel place you will be cutting off

before...

i.e. if you want .XX format you would add .005. Then multiply the answer

times 10 and then times the number of decimel places you want, in this case

100.  Then take the integer of this number and divide it by 100. Then look

at 3rd to the last character of the number, if its not . then add 0s to the

string as needed.


In psuedocode:


answer = int((answer+.005)*100)/100

if substring(answer, (length(answer)-3), 1)

	answer = answer & "0"

endif

if substring(answer, (length(answer)-3), 1)

	answer = answer & "0"

endif


Thats it!


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer / Instructor

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


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Subject: FLASH: Limiting number of decimal places in a variable?



Hello all,

I am playing with some arithmetic calculations in a Flash page.  It is

pretty straightforward, however, i cannot figure out how to limit the

number of decimal places in a calculation.  For example, when a user

enters their weight in pounds, i use a "set variable" function to

convert that to kilograms.  So, if they enter 155 pounds, the "set

variable" function calculates the value of the variable "kilograms" to

155 / 2.2 = 70.4545454545.  How can I get it to set the variable to

70.46?

Thanks in advance,

Stephen Pintauro


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