Format() function and decimal point

General
#1

If I run this:

dim s as string = "#,###,###,###.###;-#,###,###,###.###;" MsgBox( Format( 50, s ) )
I get the message box containing:

but I want it to contain

(i.e. without the decimal point.)

What am I doing wrong?

#2

Frist, you don’t need such a long format string. This would do the same:

“#,#.###;-#,#.###”

If some values might have a decimal and others not and you never want the decimal, use:

“#,#;-#,#”

If it’s the case where you only want the decimal point if a decimal exists, Format won’t do that. Use code like this:

dim s as string = Format( v,  "#,#.###;-#,#.###" )
if s.Right( 1 ) = "." then
  s = s.Left ( s.Len - 1 )
end if
MsgBox s
#3

Curious. Could’ve sworn it worked differently in RealStudio but I’ve just tested it and it’s exactly the same. Thanks, Kem!

#4

I just realized that the code I gave you isn’t international-savvy. You should strip either a dot or comma if it appears as the last character.

static rxStripper as RegEx
if rxStripper is nil then
  rxStripper = new RegEx
  rxStripper.SearchPattern = "\\D$"
end if

dim s as string = Format( v,  "#,#.###;-#,#.###" )
s = rxStripper.Replace( s )

That will strip any character from the end of the string that isn’t a digit.

#5