Formatting Functions

FormatCurrency(expression[, fractionaldigits[, leadingdigit[, parensfornegative[, groupdigits]]]])

FormatDateTime(date[, formatname])

FormatNumber(expression[, fractionaldigits[, leadingdigit[, parensfornegative[, groupdigits]]]])

FormatPercent(expression[, fractionaldigits[,leadingdigit[, parensfornegative[, groupdigits]]]])

Description

FormatCurrency, FormatNumber, and FormatPercent return a string obtained by formatting the given expression as a currency, number, or percent. The required parameter, expression, is any valid expression of the given type.

The optional parameter, fractionaldigits, is a numeric expression representing the number of digits to print after the decimal. The default is -1 which uses the system settings.

The optional parameters, leadingdigit, parensfornegative, and groupdigits, are tristate values. See table below.

leadingdigit specifies whether a leading zero is printed for numbers with only fractional parts.

parensfornegative specifies if negative values are to be printed with enclosing parentheses.

groupdigits specifies if numbers are to be printed in groups using the systems group delimiter.

Tristate values

Name	Value	Description
True	-1	True
False	0	False
TriStateUseDefault	-2	Use system settings

FormatDateTime returns a string obtained by formatting a date. The required parameter, date, is any valid expression that represents a date. The optional parameter, formatname, is a numeric expression or constant that specifies how the date is formatted.

formatname constants

Constant	Value	Description	Sample
vbGeneralDate	0	Short date, Long time	10/30/2013 00:05:57 PM
vbLongDate	1	Long date	Wednesday, October 30, 2013
vbShortDate	2	Short date	10/30/2013
vbLongTime	3	Long time	00:05:57 PM
vbShortTime	4	Short time	17:57
vbYYYYMMDD	5		20131030
vbDDdotMMdotYY	6		30.10.13
vbDDdotMMdotYYYY	7		30.10.2013
vbYYslashMMslashDD	8		13/10/30
vbDDslashMMslashYY	9		30/10/13
vbYYYYhyphenMMhyphenDD	10		2013-10-30

The following are also allowed as format name: "DD.MM.YY", "DD.MM.YYYY", "DD/MM/YY", "DD/MM/YYYY", "DD-MM-YY", "DD-MM-YYYY", "DDMMYY", "DDMMYYYY", "YY.MM.DD", "YYYY.MM.DD", "YY/MM/DD", "YYYY/MM/DD", "YY-MM-DD", "YYYY-MM-DD", "YYMMDD", "YYYYMMDD", "MM.DD.YY", "MM.DD.YYYY", "MM/DD/YY", "MM/DD/YYYY", "MM-DD-YY", "MM-DD-YYYY", "MMDDYY", "MMDDYYYY",

Example (Basic)

Rem Format Functions 
Dim UseDefault
UseDefault=-2
'Currency
Print FormatCurrency(-3.5, -1, TristateUseDefault, True)
Print FormatCurrency(123456, 0,True, False, True)
'Date/Time
Print FormatDateTime(Now)
Print FormatDateTime(Birthdate, vbLongDate)
'General Numbers
Print FormatNumber(-0.1429, 6,False)
Print FormatNumber(987654.321, 3, True, False, True)
'Percentages
Print FormatPercent(0.007, 2, False)
Print FormatPercent(1234.56, 0,True, False, False)

Example (JavaScript)

NSB.Print(FormatCurrency(-3.5, 2, 0, true));
NSB.Print(FormatCurrency(123456, 2, true, false, true));

Output

($3.50)
$123,456
8/18/1998 10:44 PM
August 18, 1998
-.142900
987,654.321
.70%
123456%
(sample output is system dependant)