Crazy huh? I think there should be a function that extracts the numerical value of a string. Even better, the engine should simply assume a properly formatted currency is a number and deal with it.
My 2ยข Bob On Jul 29, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > As I sat down to finally encode currency into my output, I pulled old > answers from older questions and did more searches. > > Is it *really* this hard to output currency? > > To turn 123456.78 into $123,456.78, everything I'm finding would have > me using modulo arithmetic to produce three values, with these three > values being output in the string (4, actually, to allow values in the > millions). > > Am I missing something obvious here? > -- > The Hawkins Law Firm > Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > hawkinslawf...@gmail.com > 3025 S. Maryland Parkway > Suite A > Las Vegas, NV 89109 > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
