You can freely format numbers in plcaeholders and fields.

All you need to do is give the placeholder or field the format you want to use.


Example

You want to use a number field where a percentage with 2 decimal digits can be entered, for example:

59,25 %


Use this expression in your template:

$NumberField('Fieldname','P2','P2')


As you can see the formating will be entered inside of the braces between the inverted commas (').


Format specifiers

You can use the following format specifiers:

For more details about format specifiers see here and here.


Format specifier

Name

Description

Examples

C or c

Currency

Result: A currency value.

Supported by: All numeric types.

Precision specifier: Number of decimal digits.

Default precision specifier: Defined by System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo.

123.456 ("C", en-US) -> $123.46

123.456 ("C", fr-FR) -> 123,46 €

123.456 ("C", ja-JP) -> ¥123

-123.456 ("C3", en-US) -> ($123.456)

-123.456 ("C3", fr-FR) -> -123,456 €

-123.456 ("C3", ja-JP) -> -¥123.456

D or d

Decimal

Result: Integer digits with optional negative sign.

Supported by: Integral types only.

Precision specifier: Minimum number of digits.

Default precision specifier: Minimum number of digits required.

1234 ("D") -> 1234

-1234 ("D6") -> -001234

E or e

Exponential (scientific)

Result: Exponential notation.

Supported by: All numeric types.

Precision specifier: Number of decimal digits.

Default precision specifier: 6.

1052.0329112756 ("E", en-US) -> 1.052033E+003

1052.0329112756 ("e", fr-FR) -> 1,052033e+003

-1052.0329112756 ("e2", en-US) -> -1.05e+003

-1052.0329112756 ("E2", fr_FR) -> -1,05E+003

F or f

Fixed-point

Result: Integral and decimal digits with optional negative sign.

Supported by: All numeric types.

Precision specifier: Number of decimal digits.

Default precision specifier: Defined by System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo.

1234.567 ("F", en-US) -> 1234.57

1234.567 ("F", de-DE) -> 1234,57

1234 ("F1", en-US) -> 1234.0

1234 ("F1", de-DE) -> 1234,0

-1234.56 ("F4", en-US) -> -1234.5600

-1234.56 ("F4", de-DE) -> -1234,5600

G or g

General

Result: The most compact of either fixed-point or scientific notation.

Supported by: All numeric types.

Precision specifier: Number of significant digits.

Default precision specifier: Depends on numeric type.

-123.456 ("G", en-US) -> -123.456

123.456 ("G", sv-SE) -> -123,456

123.4546 ("G4", en-US) -> 123.5

123.4546 ("G4", sv-SE) -> 123,5

-1.234567890e-25 ("G", en-US) -> -1.23456789E-25

-1.234567890e-25 ("G", sv-SE) -> -1,23456789E-25

N or n

Number

Result: Integral and decimal digits, group separators, and a decimal separator with optional negative sign.

Supported by: All numeric types.

Precision specifier: Desired number of decimal places.

Default precision specifier: Defined by System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo.

1234.567 ("N", en-US) -> 1,234.57

1234.567 ("N", ru-RU) -> 1 234,57

1234 ("N1", en-US) -> 1,234.0

1234 ("N1", ru-RU) -> 1 234,0

-1234.56 ("N3", en-US) -> -1,234.560

-1234.56 ("N3", ru-RU) -> -1 234,560

P or p

Percent

Result: Number multiplied by 100 and displayed with a percent symbol.

Supported by: All numeric types.

Precision specifier: Desired number of decimal places.

Default precision specifier: Defined by System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo.

1 ("P", en-US) -> 100.00 %

1 ("P", fr-FR) -> 100,00 %

-0.39678 ("P1", en-US) -> -39.7 %

-0.39678 ("P1", fr-FR) -> -39,7 %

R or r

Round-trip

Result: A string that can round-trip to an identical number.

Supported by: Single, Double, and BigInteger.

Precision specifier: Ignored.

123456789.12345678 ("R") -> 123456789.12345678

-1234567890.12345678 ("R") -> -1234567890.1234567

X or x

Hexadecimal

Result: A hexadecimal string.

Supported by: Integral types only.

Precision specifier: Number of digits in the result string.

255 ("X") -> FF

-1 ("x") -> ff

255 ("x4") -> 00ff

-1 ("X4") -> 00FF

Any other single character

Unknown specifier

Result: Throws a FormatException at run time.