Re: Did numberFormat Break?

I'm sure this will start some historical flame war, but why use numberFormat (an archaic leftover from HyperCard) or invest the time to write your own? LiveCode has a great formatting function built in - format(baseString [, valuesList]) put  format("%.2f",1.00+1) into tpoextprice -- does what

Re: Did numberFormat Break?

Internally the type of “0” will be text initially which is probably why the number format isn’t applied. Any math will convert it to a number. This is something that should be addressed once we have optional type declaration for variables. On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 12:28 PM J. Landman Gay via

Re: Did numberFormat Break?

It's not just containers, anything that converts the implicit numeric type to text will honor numberformat. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On February 15, 2018 11:56:33 AM Bob Sneidar via

Re: Did numberFormat Break?

On second thot, I think I will just use my own number formatting function. Bob S > On Feb 15, 2018, at 09:54 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks Klaus and Mike indeed you are correct. I keep making the mistake of > reading the dictionary. ;-P I

Re: Did numberFormat Break?

Thanks Klaus and Mike indeed you are correct. I keep making the mistake of reading the dictionary. ;-P I don't see anything there that refers to only working with containers, only that the results of the calculation is affected. But it's more complex than even that. Given: set the

Re: Did numberFormat Break?

If I recall what I read way back, I think the numberrformat only applies to containers other than variables. If you were to put tpoextprice into field "field" the numberformat should be applied correctly. I think the reason for this is that numberformat can be used to add non-number chars ($)

Re: Did numberFormat Break?

Hi Bob, > Am 15.02.2018 um 18:20 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > : > > I have this in a script: > > on mouseUp > set the numberFormat to "0.00" > put 1.00+1 into tpoextprice > breakpoint put tpoextprice > end mouseUp > At this point tpoextprice is

Did numberFormat Break?

I have this in a script: on mouseUp set the numberFormat to "0.00" put 1.00+1 into tpoextprice breakpoint end mouseUp At this point tpoextprice is 2. Not mind you, 2.00, just 2. Either I am missing something (again) or else numberFormat is broken. Bob S