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formatcurrency function
returns an expression formatted as a currency value using the currency symbol defined in the system control panel.
formatcurrency(expression[,numdigitsafterdecimal ][,includeleadingdigit ][,useparensfornegativenumbers ][,groupdigits]]]])
arguments
expression
required. expression to be formatted.
numdigitsafterdecimal
optional. numeric value indicating how many places to the right of the decimal are displayed. default value is -1, which indicates that the computers regional settings are used.
includeleadingdigit
optional. tristate constant that indicates whether or not a leading zero is displayed for fractional values. see settings section for values.
useparensfornegativenumbers
optional. tristate constant that indicates whether or not to place negative values within parentheses. see settings section for values.
groupdigits
optional. tristate constant that indicates whether or not numbers are grouped using the group delimiter specified in the computers regional settings. see settings section for values.
settings
the includeleadingdigit, useparensfornegativenumbers, and groupdigits arguments have the following settings:
constant value description
tristatetrue -1 true
tristatefalse 0 false
tristateusedefault -2 use the setting from the computers regional settings.
remarks
when one or more optional arguments are omitted, values for omitted arguments are provided by the computers regional settings. the position of the currency symbol relative to the currency value is determined by the systems regional settings.
note all settings information comes from the regional settings currency tab, except leading zero, which comes from the number tab.
the following example uses the formatcurrency function to format the expression as a currency and assign it to mycurrency:
dim mycurrency
mycurrency = formatcurrency(1000) mycurrency contains $1000.00.
requirements
