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Converts
a number to a character string. FormCalc formats the result to the specified
width and rounds to the specified number of decimal places.
Syntax
Str(
n1
[,
n2
[,
n3
]])
Parameters
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Parameter
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Description
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n1
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The number to convert.
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n2
(Optional)
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The maximum width of the string. If you
do not include a value for
n2
, the function uses
a value of
10
as the default width.
If the
resulting string is longer than
n2
, the function
returns a string of * (asterisk) characters of the width specified
by
n2
.
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n3
(Optional)
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The number of digits to appear after the
decimal point. If you do not include a value for
n3
,
the function uses 0 as the default precision.
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Examples
The
following expressions are examples that use the
Str
function:
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Expression
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Returns
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Str(2.456)
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" 2"
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Str(4.532, 6, 4)
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4.5320
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Str(234.458, 4)
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" 234"
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Str(31.2345, 4, 2)
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****
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Str(Max(Amount[*]), 6, 2)
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Converts the largest occurrence of
Amount
to
a six-character string with two decimal places.
See also
Max
.
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