Converts
a number to a character string. FormCalc formats the result to the specified
width and rounds to the specified number of decimal places.
SyntaxStr(n1 [, n2 [, n3 ]])
Parameters
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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ExamplesThe
following expressions are examples that use the Str function:
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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