Custom function for formatting decimal place

[Robert Collins]

Hi,

I have 3 fields in a table that contain a currency amount in £ and I have formatted the fields on screen with currency £ and 2 decimal places which for on-screen use , is fine.

I need to use the fields' contents in an email and find that I loose the formatting of 2 decimal places when doing so , which I can understand why - but I want £132.00 to appear as £132.00 , not £132 when using the data elsewhere, such as emails.

is this a job for a custom function? and does anyone have an example I can see.

many thanks

[eos]

is this a job for a custom function? and does anyone have an example I can see.

Lots and lots here. Just search for “currency”.

[Robert Collins]

Thanks , I shall take a look.

I wonder why the Round (fieldname ; 2 ) doesn't work better in this application

[comment]

I wonder why the Round (fieldname ; 2 ) doesn't work better in this application

Because rounding is a numerical operation and as such does not produce trailing zeros.

A relatively simple method would be =

"£" & Int ( Amount ) & SerialIncrement ( ".00" ; 100 * Mod ( Amount ; 1 ) )

This assumes Amount is a non-negative number, rounded to 2 decimal places.

[Robert Collins]

thanks for the explanation and the example , i shall try that..

thank you both