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Re: Formatting a number [message #180212 is a reply to message #180206]

Tue, 29 January 2013 10:38

Paul Herber
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:45:09 -0800, Scott Johnson <noonehome(at)chalupasworld(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I am looking if there is a better way to write the following if possible.
>
> I would like to display the negative sign in front of the dollar sign
> when the unit is negative.
>
> if($units < 0){
> $f_units = '-$' . number_format($units * -1);
> } else {
> $f_units = '$' . number_format($units);
> }
>
> I need $units to stay untouched since I am using it in a calculation
> later down.

Have you looked at money_format()
Might be available on all systems though.

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		Formatting a number By: Scott Johnson on Tue, 29 January 2013 04:45
		Re: Formatting a number By: Captain Paralytic on Tue, 29 January 2013 10:19
		Re: Formatting a number By: Scott Johnson on Tue, 29 January 2013 13:28
		Re: Formatting a number By: Richard Yates on Tue, 29 January 2013 14:39
		Re: Formatting a number By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 30 January 2013 10:05
		Re: Formatting a number By: Richard Yates on Wed, 30 January 2013 15:33
		Re: Formatting a number By: Scott Johnson on Thu, 31 January 2013 00:38
		Re: Formatting a number By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 29 January 2013 10:20
		Re: Formatting a number By: Paul Herber on Tue, 29 January 2013 10:38
		Re: Formatting a number By: Paul Herber on Tue, 29 January 2013 10:40

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