Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2015-08-15 11:24, Werner Pamler wrote: I must confess that the docs are quite confusing here... To add to that, CurrencyFormat() shows in the docs as deprecated, but it doesn't suggest a function that replaces it. http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/currencyformat.html

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2015-08-15 11:24, Werner Pamler wrote: I must confess that the docs are quite confusing here... And here is a LateX issue in the docs for Format() Under the M currency format text it shows: Currency format. the next argument in the

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread John Landmesser
A) thank you guys!!! B) Werner Pamler ... Fazit: ... so its not possible to get the currency symbol € using FormatCurr, that what i learned so far?!! i was wrong interpreting the function name as delivering a formatted number plus(!!) the currency symbol! On 15.08.2015 12:12, Werner

[Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread John Landmesser
CurrencyString shows € FormatCurr('%M',1) - %M Expected a currency string as '111.111.111,00 €' System: Linux, Debian Sid sorry for that really idiotic question :-)) -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015, John Landmesser wrote: CurrencyString shows € FormatCurr('%M',1) - %M Expected a currency string as '111.111.111,00 €' System: Linux, Debian Sid sorry for that really idiotic question :-)) Why do you think %M is a formatting character ? Valid formatting

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread John Landmesser
Hi Michael, sorry, i still don't get it: Help to FormatFloat tells me: FormatFloat formats the floating-point value given by Value using the format specifications in Format. .. and help to Format: M Currency Format ... So please correct my, FormatCurr('%M',1) so i am able to

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Werner Pamler
As Michael said %M is not a format specifier for the FormatCurr function, use 0.00 to get two decimal places . Moreover, as I see in my tests, the currency symbol is not added (because FormatCurr() internally calls FormatFloat()). I must confess that the docs are quite confusing here... This

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015, John Landmesser wrote: Hi Michael, sorry, i still don't get it: Help to FormatFloat tells me: FormatFloat formats the floating-point value given by Value using the format specifications in Format. From the help: FormatCurr formats the currency Value according to

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2015-08-15 11:24, Werner Pamler wrote: I must confess that the docs are quite confusing here... To add to that, CurrencyFormat() shows in the docs as deprecated, but it doesn't suggest a function that replaces it.

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Werner Pamler
This is how it works with the %m format procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); begin DefaultFormatSettings.Currencystring := '€'; Label1.Caption := Format('%m', [.0]); // Format instead of FormatCurr, parameter in square brackets, value must be a float end; Am 15.08.2015

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2015-08-15 11:24, Werner Pamler wrote: I must confess that the docs are quite confusing here... And here is a LateX issue in the docs for Format() Under the M currency format text it shows: Currency format. the next argument in the var{Args} array The LaTeX var{...} is shown literally,

Re: [Lazarus] whats wrong with that line of code?

2015-08-15 Thread Sven Barth
Am 15.08.2015 13:19 schrieb John Landmesser jmlandmes...@gmx.de: i was wrong interpreting the function name as delivering a formatted number plus(!!) the currency symbol! Because there might be cases in which you don't want the currency symbol. And better to manually add something than to remove