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Apprentice Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 158

Looks like an internal parsing error. The variable has nothing to do with it... same results using:
#echo %format("&9.0n","123456789")

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Internally it is converted into a real number. Then formatted out. I believe the system used for real numbers is provided by MS through a COM interface. It is quite sad though that it can't even be accurate to 9 digits.

Adept Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 268

well, given that I am trying to make a counter, and eventually, i'll prolly need that much, how would i go about making a counter in bits?
like
@artodayhundreds
@artodaythousands
@artodaymillions
@artodaybillions
i have think it would be something like on the trigger do a +1 to the hundreds, but how once i get to 999 to i tell it to reset to 000 and add +1 to the thousands.
tho alternately, since it's already known that once ya hit 9 numbers it goes bonkers, so i guess i could have a:

@artodayhunthou
@artodaymillibilli

But would still need to know how to once it gets to 999999 to roll over and add 1 to the millibilli var.

something like #if @artodayhunthou == 1000000 then @artodayhunthou = 000000;#add @artodaymillibilli 1
but somehow (and i havent tried it and cant for a lil while) i don't think the 000000 will stay as that but will be set to 0, kinda screwing up the report in the process.

Apprentice Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 158

Thats too complicated. What you need is not a different method to store numbers but a better format function.
Well this is going to look awful if your not used to real regular expressions but this regex will take a number and add commas...

#function addcommas {%subregex(%1,"(\d(1,3)?(?=(?>(?:\d{3})+)(?!\d))|\G\d{3}(?=\d))","%%1,")} Mr. Green

Use:
#echo @addcommas(@ARDay)

How do you like them apples...

Adept Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 268

I like apples, but unless i can get that into this the %format part for the padding that I need sadly the apples got worms in them Laughing

Adept Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 268

well, checked to see if having more than one 0 in a var would display correctly.
Yes AND no..

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Adding spcaes for padding is easy:
#FUNCTION padleft {%concat(%repeat(%3,%eval(%2-%len(%1))),%1)}

Usage: @padleft(string,"pad_character",int_width)

The only forseeable problem is if the string contains commas but is not properly quoted it would throw things off. I believe the %subregex will return a properly quoted string though.

Adept Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 268

eeerrr....
k, lemme start from the beginning.
I am making a battle reporter based off of megamog75's Annual Reporter.
Here is what the layout IDEALLY will look like

Apprentice Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 158

Hey DeathDealer, yeah your missing a couple of things. Vijilante meant you to combine my comma number function with his padding function...
And since there are 9 numbers in 123456789 and you specified the width as 9 there was no padding =) (I think)

Try this?
@padleft(@addcommas(@ARDay)," ",17)

Adept Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 268

#VAR ARDay {123456789}
#function addcommas {%subregex(%1,"(\d(1,3)?(?=(?>(?:\d{3})+)(?!\d))|\G\d{3}(?=\d))","%%1,")}
#FUNCTION padleft {%concat(%repeat(%3,%eval(%2-%len(%1))),%1)}

#echo @padleft(@addcommas(@ARDay)," ",17)

result:
123456789

still no spaces, and not even any commas :(

#echo @padleft("@addcommas(@ARDay)"," ",17)

result:
123,456,789

closer, but still no spaces...actually, no it's not closer cause it's only doing what the addcommas function does :-)
btw: I had tried Vi's one by itself with 20 rather than 9 as well. there were still no spaces.

Apprentice Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 158

Hmm, ill work on it. Im sure mine can be modified for what you want... lemme poke at it

Adept Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 268

Thanks :-)
Starting to think, that going with the hunthou and millibilli route is gonna be easier...
Gonna try something. See if putting your addcommas into a ANOTHER var and have THAT display in my report works.
I'll post if it works :-) if it dont then i wont post cause my monitor will have a fist sized hole in the screen.

Apprentice Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 158

Ok I did some testing... replace Vijilantes padleft function with this:
%concat(%repeat(" ",%eval(%3-%len(%1))),%1)

Seems the " " in the function call is getting stipped before it reaches the function so its padding with nothing...

and use:
#echo @padleft("@addcommas(@ARDay)"," ",17)

Adept Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 268

YOU THE MEN Maelstrom and Vijilante!!

Works perfect!

*HUGE HUGS*