Format Float 1

[sharook]

Well, I'm not sure this can be done, but I'll throw it out there and see what you guys think. I have a float value that is something like 58483.97. I format it as follows %5.0f. However, when I do this, it rounds up to 58484. I don't want this to happen. I need it to clip the two digits after the decimal and leave it as 58483.

Thank you

 

[kodr]

Convert the number to a string, drop the last 3 characters, and convert back to an integer?

numtostr - strtonum

 

[knob]

Unfortunately it looks like this is by design, I found the below comment in the Formatting Text and Data help topic:

Since precision specifies the maximum number of digits, it may cause truncation of strings or rounding of floats.

http://www.aspectscripting.com

 

[sharook]

Ya, that is why I thought it couldn't be done because I read the same thing in the good old purple book. However, I created a workaround and it works:

ftoa TelPassword TelPassFinal

strfmt UserNameStr "**********^M"
strfmt PassWordStr "%5.5s^M" TelPassFinal