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FormatNumber Function

Returns an expression formatted as a number.

FormatNumber(
   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 locale 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 locale settings. See Settings section for values.

Settings

The IncludeLeadingDigit, UseParensForNegativeNumbers, and GroupDigits arguments have the following settings:

Constant Value Description
True –1 True
False  0 False
Default –2 Use the setting from the computer's regional settings.

Remarks

When one or more optional arguments are omitted, the values for omitted arguments are provided by the locale settings.

Note   All settings information comes from the locale of the application. by default, that will be the locale set in the control panel. However, it may be changed programmatically by using NGWS frameworks in System.Globalization.CultureInfo.

See Also

FormatCurrency Function | FormatDateTime Function | FormatPercent Function