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Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 23 Location: France

hi there, ok, I do have a problem this doesn't seem to work with me
I'm certainly missing something, but what.

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

works for me...perhaps you have some sort of typo interfering?

Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 23 Location: France

yeah, maybe, but what... I mean
I've tried for a few weeks now to have float numbers working,
but no, nothing... ARGH

if any of you have any idea... I'd love to test it.

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

I'd hazzard the issue is going to be with your regional settings for numbers.

#SHOW %format(2,2.256)
That works on UK/USA settings but it appears not in France settings where your might be using a comma for numbers.

Any of these work?
#SHOW %format(2,{2,256})
#SHOW %format(2,"2,256")
#VAR number 2,256
#SHOW %format(2,@number)

Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 23 Location: France

guess what... none of these work...
I'm starting to think it messes up with my french settings
I figure only core programming (up to Mr Zugg) would change that.

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

What about testing to see if you can get %float to work. Problem is that Mr. Zugg is probably relying on the underlying OS to do things.
#SH %float("2,256")
#SH %float({2,256})

Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 23 Location: France

#SH %float("2,256") gives : 2,25600004196167
and
#SH %float({2,256}) gives : 0,0

if only I knew what was wrong...

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

Problem is with your regional settings and the use of a comma to delimit the decimals; the program will interpret the stuff after the comma as another parameter and not part of the number.

So if
#SH %float("2,256") gives : 2,25600004196167
allowed you to hide the comma from %float so the number with a comma is treated as a number then how to do it with %format.

The question is how to hide it there? Probably a case of expand/literal somehow some where. Try this
#sh %format(2,%float("2,256"))?
#sh %format(2,"%float("2,256")")?
#sh %format(2,{%float("2,256")})?

Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 23 Location: France

they all give a blank line...
sorry...

If I change the keyboard settings to english :
the first and last show 0.00.

I'm desesperate Crying or Very sad

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

Change your regional settings
parametres->panneau de configuration
-options regionales et linguistiques

Selectionnez un element (comme Anglais, Canada) pour afficher la parametre de "Nombre" ou la virgule devient une periode.

ie:
Nombre: 123,456,789.00

au lieu de
Francais, Canada
ie:
Nombre: 123 456 789,00

Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 23 Location: France

yeah, it works if I do that, but I don't want to switch between those regionals settings each time I'm using zmud.
plus, I'm using zmud a lot, and I would be unable to type french stuff at work and so on.

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

Regional settings wont change your keyboard settings. I currently use a French WinXP with clavier français and with the regional settings to use the decimal.

Excel & friends easily adapts the , to . when I flip back and forth; that and I have a few other small programs loaded that dont work if you install them with the , for the decimal. Question becomes do you use hard core math and functions with other products for the requirement of the , all the time. :)

Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 23 Location: France

I know flash uses '.' not matter what... haven't checked for photoshop
guess it should work then...
I'm gonna give it a try, thanks

PS. btw, one can change the settings even in said regional settings (which I just realized).
It means that I can change my decimal symbol from ',' to '.' which I'm gonna do right now, I'll post if I encounter any trouble/problem.

Thanks again for your help.