String Format(help)

[Rad]

Im trying to make this program calculate the total cost of a bunch of prices after you click on them, but when you have a price as 12.00 it will result 12. So I tried using stringformat but its to complicated... And the helpfile SUCKS!

$s =StringFormat ( "var1=%s var2=%.2f, var3=%d" ,$string, $float, $int )
$msgbox(0, "Result", $s)
; will output        "var1=string var2=12.30 var3=345"

Thats the helpfile, what the hell is it talking about? Thats not formatting string thats doing to many different things at once!

If $msg=$price[0] OR $msg=$price[1] OR $msg=$price[2] OR $msg=$price[3] Then
            $ib=0
            For $i=0 To 3 Step +1
                    $ib=$ib+StringFormat("%.2f",GUICtrlRead($price[$i])*GUICtrlRead($quantity[$i]))
            Next
            GUICtrlSetData($total,$ib)
    Endif

Thats what I have right now, I dont really get what how to use it. I dont see how "var1=%s.." has ANYTHING to do with formatting a string

[SmOke_N]

Im trying to make this program calculate the total cost of a bunch of prices after you click on them, but when you have a price as 12.00 it will result 12. So I tried using stringformat but its to complicated... And the helpfile SUCKS!

Actually the helpfile is quite useful, and probably the best there is for languages in it's simplicity. It's probably your interpretation that 'SUCKS'!

These guys didn't need to take their time and explain things in detail like they do, but they do it anyway. Show some respect!

[Rad]

Well I mean that example sucks, the helpfile is useful yes but it has to much information and doesnt explain alot... The example shows "var1=%.2f",$var,var and it doesnt explain whats going on....

[ACalcutt]

$float = 12.3

$s = StringFormat ( "%.2f", $float)

msgbox(0, "Result", $s) ;returns 12.30

and just to say...i really didn't understand the help for that function either...it look me a few minutes...and a trial to understand it

here is what i "think" is right

$s =StringFormat ( "var1=%s var2=%.2f, var3=%d" ,$string, $float, $int )

the var1= , var2=, var3= are just lables it adds into the sting, each % uses a new variable and what comes after is the format of that variable (ex, %s is $string formated as string, %.2f is $float formatted as a float with 2 places after the decimal, and %d is $int formatted as a decimal)

and based on this

StringFormat ( "format control", var1 [, ... var32] )

it looks like you can have 32 seperate variables

Edited January 21, 2006 by ACalcutt

[Rad]

FINALLY I figured it out, and no I only needed a single variable if I needed multiple I could simply loop with For...To...Step......Next, lol

You do it like:

GUICtrlSetData($price[$i],StringFormat("%.2f",GUICtrlRead($price[$i])))

[Jos]

... And the helpfile SUCKS!

Positive contributions are always welcome, so looking forward to your proposed update ...

Edited January 21, 2006 by JdeB