Dear Bill,
>
> What version of R:Base are you using?
I'm using 1.851xRT03 win
>
> Before R:Base 6.5+, to get a european currency format to display, you
> would have had to change the delimit character, which would have
> caused problems in r:style and r:code. Oliver Reuter demonstrated and
> explained the problem to Wayne at the 2000 Developers Conference.
> A fix was included in the December, 2000 release of 6.5+ Below is
> from the file RBWIN65P.TXT, dated December 29, 2000:
>
> ==============================================
> November 14, 2000
> R:BASE 2000 (ver 6.5) for Windows - Pre In-Line Patch-3
> (1.837FxRT03)
>
> Enhancements
> 02. Support for the DECIMAL CHARACTER to be COMMA and still
> use the comma for a DELIMITER. (#1007)
>
> Note: You can only SET such setting at the mighty R> prompt or
> in a command/procedure file.
>
> ==============================================
It's great to be true! My first tests shows:
1. No error message "Decimal character cannot be the same as DELIMIT" after
the command:
--Change currency, leaving delimit as comma(,)
SET CURRENCY 'E' SUFFIX 2 A *(English capital letter)
2. The following commands:
SET V vc1 CURR = 1234,56
SET V vc2 CURR = '1234,56'
SHOW V vc%
give:
vc1 = 123.456,00E CURRENCY
vc2 = 1,234.56E CURRENCY
of which only the 2nd is correct.
3. Going on:
SET V vd DOUBLE = 2,02
gives syntax error
SET V vd DOUBLE = '2,02'
works ok
also:
SET V vc1 = (12,12 / 6)
SET V vc1 = (12,12E / 6)
SET V vc1 = ('12,12E' / 6,06)
SET V vd = (12,12 / 2,02)
give an error that "Expression contains an extra comma", while:
SET V vc1 = ('12,12E' / 6)
SET V vc1 = ('12,12E' / .vd)
SET V vd = ('12,12E' / '2,02E')
SET V vc1 = (.vc2 / .vd)
SET V vd = (.vc1 / .vc2)
work ok.
But that could be a minor problem, if everything else is ok.
I'll give it a try with columns and functions as well.
Thanks.
Polychronis T. Kontos
Athens, Greece
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