| Re: format integers with place separators [message #45772] |
Wed, 05 October 2005 05:33 |
btt
Messages: 345
Registered: December 2000
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Benjamin Hornberger wrote:
> Ben Tupper wrote:
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>> Is it possible to format an integer using the format specifiers such
>> place separators are used? For example...
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>> 1234 becomes 1,234
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>> 1234567 becomes 1,234,567
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>> 123456789 becomes 123,456,789
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> I think it's not possible. I wrote my own function, see below. I used it
> only a couple times, hopefully it's to too buggy.
>
> Benjamin
>
Thanks, Benjamin.
Cheers,
the other Benjamin
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| Re: format integers with place separators [message #45779 is a reply to message #45772] |
Tue, 04 October 2005 08:43  |
Benjamin Hornberger
Messages: 258
Registered: March 2004
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Benjamin Hornberger wrote:
> Ben Tupper wrote:
>
>>
>> Is it possible to format an integer using the format specifiers such
>> place separators are used? For example...
>>
>> 1234 becomes 1,234
>>
>> 1234567 becomes 1,234,567
>>
>> 123456789 becomes 123,456,789
>>
>
> I think it's not possible. I wrote my own function, see below. I used it
> only a couple times, hopefully it's to too buggy.
>
Of course I meant "hopefully it's *not* too buggy" :-).
Benjamin
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| Re: format integers with place separators [message #45780 is a reply to message #45779] |
Tue, 04 October 2005 08:42 |
Benjamin Hornberger
Messages: 258
Registered: March 2004
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Senior Member |
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Ben Tupper wrote:
>
> Is it possible to format an integer using the format specifiers such
> place separators are used? For example...
>
> 1234 becomes 1,234
>
> 1234567 becomes 1,234,567
>
> 123456789 becomes 123,456,789
>
I think it's not possible. I wrote my own function, see below. I used it
only a couple times, hopefully it's to too buggy.
Benjamin
;+
; NAME:
; COMMAFORMAT
;
;
; PURPOSE:
;
; This function takes a number and returns it as a string with a
; comma every 10^3.
;
;
; AUTHOR:
;
; Benjamin Hornberger
; benjamin.hornberger@stonybrook.edu
;
;
; CATEGORY:
;
; Utilities
;
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;
; Result = COMMARFORMAT(number, dec)
;
;
; INPUT PARAMETERS:
;
; number: The number to be formatted
;
; dec: number of decimals
;
;
; INPUT KEYWORDS:
;
; INT: Set this keyword to return and integer without decimal
; point.
;
;
; RESTRICTIONS:
;
; Currently, the function just cuts off the number at the specified
; decimal position, without performing any rounding.
;
;
; EXAMPLE:
;
; IDL> print, commaformat(123456789.12)
; 123,456,789.12
;
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
;
; 2004-05-27 BH: Written
; 2005-06-30 BH: Changed error handling. Added standard
; documentation header.
;-
FUNCTION commaformat, number, dec, int=int
on_error, 2
;; don't allow complex, strings, structures, pointers and object
;; references
IF size(number, /type) GT 5 AND size(number, /type) LT 12 THEN $
message, 'commaformat supports only integer and real numbers'
IF n_elements(dec) EQ 0 THEN dec = 0
IF keyword_set(int) THEN BEGIN
string = string(abs(number), format='(i0)')
dotpos = strlen(string)
ENDIF ELSE BEGIN
string = string(abs(number), format='(f0)')
dotpos = strpos(string, '.')
;; Cut off decimals. Unfortunately, the strmid function can't
;; take a separate 'First_Character' parameter for each array
;; entry.
FOR i=0, n_elements(string)-1 DO $
string[i] = strmid(string[i], 0, dotpos[i]+1+dec[0])
ENDELSE
FOR i=0, n_elements(string)-1 DO BEGIN
WHILE dotpos[i] GT 3 DO BEGIN
string[i] = strmid(string[i], 0, dotpos[i]-3) + ',' + $
strmid(string[i], dotpos[i]-3)
dotpos[i] = dotpos[i]-3
ENDWHILE
ENDFOR
negatives = where(number LT 0, count)
IF count GT 0 THEN $
string[negatives] = '-'+string[negatives]
return, string
END
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