Re: How can I format an integer ?
Re: How can I format an integer ?
- Subject: Re: How can I format an integer ?
- From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:33:34 -0500
On Oct 25, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Emile SCHWARZ wrote:
The question is simple:
I want to display a number. The number is the size of file(s) and it
appears as 60123456 for example.
But I prefer to display it as 60 123 456 (depending on the numbers
format set by country; the OS setting) or, 60,123,456 for US people.
In some other languages, there is a Format(integer,"#") command, but
I do not found anything.
You can write a handler to format an integer. For example ...
on format(theNr)
set digits to reverse of characters of (theNr as text)
set formattedNr to ""
repeat with i from 1 to (length of digits)
set formattedNr to (item i of digits) & formattedNr
if i mod 3 = 0 then set formattedNr to space & formattedNr
end repeat
return formattedNr
end format ------------------------------
my format(123456789) -- > " 123 456 789"
But, there a problem! Sooner or later, you will want to format
something bigger, such as ...
set largeNr to (1234 * 1000000) + (567 * 1000) + 890
my format(largeNr) --> "1 .23 456 789 E+9"
Which isn't the result you want. AppleScript uses an exponential
format to represent large integers and this complicates your problem.
You will have to decompose the input number to un-exponential-format it.
Solution 1 = a handler
I once mentioned to someone that I could get AppleScript to print the
value of n! as digits (avoiding exponential formating). And I could,
it just took many minutes for the script to run. He suggested using
Python and wrote a command file that would return the result as a
numeric string ... and it ran in only a second. This is an incentive
for me to learn Python, but I haven't done so, yet.
If you need to format large numbers, you can write a Python command
file, put it in the Resources folder in your application bundle and
call it from your script.
Solution 2 = a Python command
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
AppleScript-Users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
Archives: http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users
This email sent to email@hidden