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Apprentice Joined: 27 Dec 2001 Posts: 105 Location: USA

My recent topic was related to this, but it is different enough that I'm posting it in a new one.

I can't think of a good way to describe this problem, so I'll just give it a try and hope someone can make sense of it. Basically, I need to convert a long number (1,000,000 for example) into its smaller format (like 1M or 1.00M). I have the basic %format(2,1000000) stuff done, I'm well past that.

I made an alias (calling it 'denomination' for lack of a better term) that looks like this:

#alias denomination {%if( %format( 0, %1) >= 1000000000, %format( 2, %eval( %float( %1) / 1000000000))G)%if( %format( 0, %1) >= 1000000 AND %format( 0, %1) < 1000000000, %format( 2, %eval( %float( %1) / 1000000))M)%if( %format( 0, %1) >= 1000 AND %format( 0, %1) < 1000000, %format( 0, %eval( %float( %1) / 1000))K)%if( %format( 0, %1) < 1000, %1)}

And that WORKS, except I need to be able to use it in a variable, like this:

#var test {denomination 1000000}

I've tried many different tweaks to guess and check it, but no dice. I've tried using the #fu command and doing #var test {@denomination 1000000) but that didn't work either.

Any ideas?

Fat Tony

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

The way to pass arguments to a function is by enclosing it in parenthesis:
#VAR test {@denomination(1000000)}

Kjata

Apprentice Joined: 27 Dec 2001 Posts: 105 Location: USA

Works perfectly, I knew it had to be something simple I was overlooking. Thank you for your time.

Fat Tony