Number to String in a formula field
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22-08-2019 - |
Question
I am using a formula field to concatonate 2 decimal values separated by a dash. However, I want the result to trim all unneccesary trailing zeros and decimal points for both values.
For example, I want values 10 and 8.5 to be "10 - 8.5". Now it shows "10.00 - 8.50".
The formula I am using is CSTR({field1}) + " - " + CSTR({field2}).
Solution
I believe this is what you're looking for:
Convert Decimal Numbers to Text showing only the non-zero decimals
Especially this line might be helpful:
StringVar text := Totext ( {Your.NumberField} , 6 , "" ) ;
The first parameter is the decimal to be converted, the second parameter is the number of decimal places and the third parameter is the separator for thousands/millions etc.
OTHER TIPS
CSTR({number_field}, 0, '')
The second placeholder is for decimals.
The last placeholder is for thousands separator.
i wrote a simple function for this:
Function (stringVar param)
(
Local stringVar oneChar := '0';
Local numberVar strLen := Length(param);
Local numberVar index := strLen;
oneChar = param[strLen];
while index > 0 and oneChar = '0' do
(
oneChar := param[index];
index := index - 1;
);
Left(param , index + 1);
)
You can also try using the replace function:
replace("10.00",".00","")
but it won't work if there are non-zero numbers after the decimal point.