I should say the bit of engine code which does parsing and application of the numberformat has been left untouched in terms of what it does for as long as I can remember... It is one of those places where a subtle change could break apps quite easily as it is somewhat hard to see precisely what it should and should not do!
Mark Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Apr 2017, at 19:56, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> On 2017-04-05 20:28, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> And here is an oddity again. In the dictionary, there is no mention of >> spaces or any other character besides "0.#" being valid in a >> numberformat string, but: >> set the numberformat to " 00";put -09+0 & ":" & 00+0 & ":" & 00+0 >> produces -09:000:000 >> In fact, you can put ANYTHING in place of a 0, and it will treat it as >> though it were a 0! >> Whaaaaa??? > > I think the numberFormat is perhaps just appearing to do more than it > actually does. Basically it allows you to set the field width before and > after a decimal point. So: > > set the numberFormat to "<N anything>.<M anything>" > > Will result in the engine padding either side of the decimal point up to the > specified number of chars with 0 if the length of that part is less than the > specified width. > > Whether or not the '-' sign should be included in these width calculations I > guess is a matter of debate... > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. > > P.S. Apologies for missing your actual point before, I should have read the > thread in more detail before posting ;) > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps > > _______________________________________________ > 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
