Why not just use the mx.formatters.CurrencyFormatter class? -Andrew
--- In [email protected], okegbenle mayowa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello > looking at the subject, the first thing that comes to > ur mind is "doesn't this guy know the number class is > a base class", but what the heck, i need some extra > functionality. Anyway this is my scenerio: > What i need is a number class with a toString() method > that outputs a currency formatted number. > > eg var num:Number = new Number(3000) > Alert.show(num.toString());//outputs $3,000. > > In the past i had used ItemRenderers with the > CurrencyFormatter acting on the data property. later i > got tired of itemrenderers and decided to find a more > sleek approach.My first disappointment was remembering > that the Number class is a base class, ok then next > thought was to see if i could copy the Number Class > source code from the framework, upon checking i > decided it was better not attempted.So the my last > option is the composition technique(since inheritance > was impossible). This produced some very hacky class > which am not proud of, so is there a very cool way to > solve my problem. > > MayorBrain > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
