Re: Developer 2000: How format commas into variable-length number?

From: Alex J <AlexJent_at_prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:26:19 -0600
Message-ID: <75cb8j$aatc$1_at_newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com>


"NNN,NNN,NNN,NNN.00" John Haskins <76054.334_at_compuserve.com> wrote in message <75c07b$dhr$1_at_news-1.news.gte.net>...
>I want to set a format mask with commas for a number field whose contents
>will vary in length. The only comma formatting example given in the Dev2K
>docs shows "9,999", which requires that the number be exactly four digits
>long. Surely there is a way to format a field so that no matter what the
>length of the number, it is displayed with commas between thousands,
>millions, etc.? Can anyone help out with this?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
Received on Fri Dec 18 1998 - 02:26:19 CET

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