Adding commas to a number count

Jon Gray · **Joined:** November 9th, 2004, 7:50 am **Posts:** 10

I have a counter that counts upwards every few seconds.

The problem I am having is that I would like to show the number count with commas in situ as the numbers are very large eg 3,245,178

The counter uses a standard text field with a variable that I have.

How can I display the count so that it displays correctly.

Additionally I am using the system clock variables to display the time in the corner and I have noticed that the clock does not display the time correctly for minutes and seconds, it shows the single numbers as 1,2,3 etc intead of 01, 02, 03.

Is it possible to create a mask as in a database application to show the correct formating of the numbers

Attached is the application so far

Any suggestions appreciated

Duncan Lilly · **Posted:** September 12th, 2006, 9:48 pm

This function will help:

Code:

function FormatNumber( n )
{
   // Split the number into thousands chunks
   var arrBits = new Array();
   var i = 0; 
   while (n > 0) 
   {
      arrBits[i] = '' + n % 1000;
      n = Math.floor(n / 1000);

      // Add padding zeroes if necessary
      if (n > 0)
      {
         while (arrBits[i].length < 3)
            arrBits[i] = '0' + arrBits[i];
      }

      i++;
   }
   arrBits = arrBits.reverse();

   // join() uses a comma as the default separator - to use anything
   // else just specify it as a parameter eg. join('.')
   return arrBits.join();
}

Debug.trace( FormatNumber("1") + "\n" );
Debug.trace( FormatNumber("12") + "\n" );
Debug.trace( FormatNumber("123") + "\n" );
Debug.trace( FormatNumber("1234") + "\n" );
Debug.trace( FormatNumber("12345") + "\n" );
Debug.trace( FormatNumber("123456") + "\n" );
Debug.trace( FormatNumber("1234567") + "\n" );
Debug.trace( FormatNumber("12345678") + "\n" );
Debug.trace( FormatNumber("123456789") + "\n" );

With regard to the time

Code:

var Hour = ((SYSTEM_TIME_12HOUR < 10) ? '0' : '') + SYSTEM_TIME_12HOUR;
var Min = ((SYSTEM_TIME_MINUTE < 10) ? '0' : '') + SYSTEM_TIME_MINUTE;
var Sec = ((SYSTEM_TIME_SECOND < 10) ? '0' : '') + SYSTEM_TIME_SECOND;
Debug.trace( Hour + ":" + Min + ":" + Sec );

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