PA_FormatReal

version 2003

PA_FormatReal (value; format; result)

The routine PA_FormatReal returns in result the string form of the double you pass in value , according to the format that you specify in format .

This works like the String 4th Dimension function. Refer to the 4D Language Reference manual for more information.

Depending on default settings or on previous calls to PA_UsePStrings or PA_UseCStrings , format must be, and result will be a Pascal or a C string.

Format a double value :

   char result[256]; // using C strings under Windows
   PA_FormatReal("123456.78","$ ### ### ##0.00", result);
   // result is now "$ 123 456.78"

PA_FormatLongint , String .