Numeric indicators with commas every 3 digits

[Kaspar]

Hello,

   Is there a way to have numeroic indicators display value that have commas every 3 characters? I am using numeric indicators to display value the are very large, I am currently seeing 30000000, I would like to see 30,000,000.

Regards,

Kaspar

[altenbach]

For an indicator, it does not matter if it is numeric or text. 😉

Just format your number any way you want into a string using some code and use a string indicator to display it.

[altenbach]

You should also keep in mind that your desired format will prevent your program from being useful in any countries that use comma as decimal seperator (e.g. Germany).

Maybe you should come up with a better scheme, e.g. spaces or single-quotes every 3 integer digits, for example to make the code more universal. 🙂

[TCPlomp]

Hi Altenbach,

what is good format string in this case (if it exists)?
I say XControl!

In europe it used to be common sense to have a '.' between thousands/millions.

A single quote seems silly to me (IMHO) 30'000'000,33??

Ton

[altenbach]

I probably would use a plain space between thousands.

Yes, an X-control is probably best, but requires some effort. You could even define a method to switch things depending on localization. 😉

For the formatting steps: We went through all this a few years ago. The last two examples (mine and LiamK's) in the following thread should be OK. I don't know which one is more efficient, so please test if this is of concern.