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Re: Formatting a number [message #180219 is a reply to message #180218]

Wed, 30 January 2013 15:33

Richard Yates
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:05:01 -0800 (PST), Captain Paralytic
<paul_lautman(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> On Jan 29, 2:39 pm, Richard Yates <rich...@yatesguitar.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:19:14 -0800 (PST), Captain Paralytic
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>> <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Jan 29, 4:45 am, Scott Johnson <nooneh...@chalupasworld.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello
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>>>> I am looking if there is a better way to write the following if possible.
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>>>> I would like to display the negative sign in front of the dollar sign
>>>> when the unit is negative.
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>>>> if($units < 0){
>>>> $f_units = '-$' . number_format($units * -1);} else {
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>>>> $f_units = '$' . number_format($units);
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>>>> }
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>>>> I need $units to stay untouched since I am using it in a calculation
>>>> later down.
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>>>> Thanks
>>>> Scotty
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>>> How do you define "better". I can give you "other" ways to do it, but
>>> I have no idea what your criteria would be in deciding whether any of
>>> them are better.
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>>> Here's one:
>>> $f_units = (($units<0)?'-':'').number_format(abs($units));
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>> I think you mean:
>> $f_units = (($units<0)?'-$':'$').number_format(abs($units));
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> Or I may have meant:
> $f_units = (($units<0)?'-':'').'$'.number_format(abs($units));

Yes, I thought of that one and wondered if there is any difference in
their efficiency, however small. I went with the first only because it
was fewer characters.

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		Formatting a number By: Scott Johnson on Tue, 29 January 2013 04:45
		Re: Formatting a number By: Captain Paralytic on Tue, 29 January 2013 10:19
		Re: Formatting a number By: Scott Johnson on Tue, 29 January 2013 13:28
		Re: Formatting a number By: Richard Yates on Tue, 29 January 2013 14:39
		Re: Formatting a number By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 30 January 2013 10:05
		Re: Formatting a number By: Richard Yates on Wed, 30 January 2013 15:33
		Re: Formatting a number By: Scott Johnson on Thu, 31 January 2013 00:38
		Re: Formatting a number By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 29 January 2013 10:20
		Re: Formatting a number By: Paul Herber on Tue, 29 January 2013 10:38
		Re: Formatting a number By: Paul Herber on Tue, 29 January 2013 10:40

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