10.5.16 Formats

Functions for formatting numeric values.

formatDecimal( value, dp )

Turns a floating point value into a string with a given number of decimal places using standard settings.

• value (floating point): value to format
• dp (integer): number of decimal places (digits after the decmal point)
• return value (String): formatted string

formatDecimalLocal( value, dp )

Turns a floating point value into a string using current locale settings. For instance if language is set to French, decimal points will be represented as a comma "," instead of a full stop ".". Otherwise behaves the same as the corresponding formatDecimal function.

• value (floating point): value to format
• dp (integer): number of decimal places (digits after the decmal point)
• return value (String): formatted string

formatDecimal( value, format )

Turns a floating point value into a formatted string using standard settings. The format string is as defined by Java's java.text.DecimalFormat class.

• value (floating point): value to format
• format (String): format specifier
• return value (String): formatted string

formatDecimalLocal( value, format )

Turns a floating point value into a formatted string using current locale settings. For instance if language is set to French, decimal points will be represented as a comma "," instead of a full stop ".". Otherwise behaves the same as the corresponding formatDecimal function.

• value (floating point): value to format
• format (String): format specifier
• return value (String): formatted string