Description

Formats a numeric value according to a specified format.

Syntax

Target.FormatNumeric(value, format)

Parameters

variant value - the numeric value to be formatted
string format - the numeric format to be applied to the value (See numeric formats.)

Return value

string - a text representation of the numeric value according to the input format.

Example

Sample code

Dim val, dt
dt = CDbl( "4123.26" ) 
val = UserVar.FormatNumeric( dt, "#,###" ) ' the return value: 4,123
val = UserVar.FormatNumeric( dt, "#,###.#" ) ' the return value: 4,123.3
val = UserVar.FormatNumeric( dt, "E" ) ' the return value: 4.12326E+003 

See also

Platform Objects and Methods
target.FormatDate
target.GetDateRange
Target Methods