Android Question NumberFormat does not format the zero value

[Mark Stuart]

Hi all,
I'm formatting numbers from a SQLite table where the stored data type is REAL.
Some of the records (ItemPrice field) have a 0 (zero) value in them. I'd like to use the formatting as such:

Dim Price As Double = 0
Price = NumberFormat(cr.GetDouble("ItemPrice"),0,2)

For those records with a value greater than zero, it has 2 decimal places, but when the value is 0 (zero), there is no formatting. It displays as 0. I'd expect 0.00.

Anyone know why this is and how to correctly format zeros?

Thanx,
Mark S.

 

[fixit30]

NumberFormat returns a String, therefore your code should be:

Dim Price As String
Price = NumberFormat(cr.GetDouble("ItemPrice"),0,2)

 

[klaus]

NumberFormat returns a String!
So you should set:
Dim Price As String
In your case the String returned by the NumberFormat function is converted into a Double!
You may also consider NumberFormat2 where you can define MinimumFractions and MaximumFractions.

 

[Mark Stuart]

This worked in formatting the 0 value to display 0.00: (thanx guys)

Dim Price as String = ""
Price = NumberFormat2(cr.GetDouble("ItemPrice"),1,2,2,False)

The above I'm now using.

This did not format the 0 value to a display of 0.00:

Dim Price as String = ""
Price = NumberFormat(cr.GetDouble("ItemPrice"),1,2)

The above function arguments are misleading as I'd expect the display format to be a minimum of 1 placing in the integer position (in this case would be a 0) and a minimum of 2 placings in the decimal positions - 00

Is this a bug? Seems to me it may be, or very misleading/confusing.
If it worked, I wouldn't be submitting to the forum for answers. I think it needs to be looked at by the products developers.

Thanx,
Mark S.

 

[OliverA]

It's not a bug. See the documentation on NumberFormat (here). The third parameter is for "maximum" number of fractions, it says nothing about minimum. All 0's are left off. As @klaus mentions, you need to use NumberFormat2. @klaus has this answered in another thread here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...at2-not-formating-decimals.39354/#post-378164