I've created a monster. All the more reason to depricate numberformat and go with some kind of formatNumber() function like Excel has. I'll have a go today sometime.
Bob S > On Apr 5, 2017, at 17:27 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 4/5/2017 7:42 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: >> On 4/5/17 5:48 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >>> Jacque wrote: >>> >>>> HyperCard distinguished between "#" and "0" and produced different >>>> results. It sounds like LC doesn't? >>> >>> Confirmed - running this script in v9dp6 and again all the way back in >>> v6.0: >>> >>> on mouseUp >>> set the numberformat to "###.###" >>> put 2.5 + 2.5 into x >>> set the numberformat to "000.000" >>> put 2.5 + 2.5 into y >>> put x &cr& y >>> end mouseUp >>> >>> ...I get: >>> >>> 005.000 >>> 005.000 > > NumberFormat on applies when the number is output or forced to convert > to a string (for example when doing string concatenation). The variant > script below: > > on mouseUp > set the numberformat to "###.###" > put 2.5 + 2.5 into x > put x & cr after msg > set the numberformat to "000.000" > put 2.5 + 2.5 into y > put y &cr after msg > end mouseUp > > results in: > > 005 > 005.000 > > In the message box. Just another data point for the discussion. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
