Numbers or text expression with a ,

[Tom Mont]

Please refer to
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=880527
Somehow the posts got mixed up.. i still having problems

[Filip Vandueren]

the Slider Control can not be set beyond -1 and +1 million, the script still works though.

You can get around it by using a Point Control Instead of a Slider, you only need the first value, so create a Point Control and change the first line to something like:

num=effect(“Point Control”)(“Point”)[0];

(this assumes the Point Control is actually asigned to the Text-layer itself. You can just pickwhip to the first number of the Point’s co

[Filip Vandueren]

I also fixed a bug were -xxxxxx would display as -,xxx,xxx:


num=effect("Point Control")("Point")[0]; // use the first part of a point for more resolution than a slider

numAsText= ""+num;
dotIndex = numAsText.indexOf("."); // check for decimals
if (dotIndex==-1) { dotIndex=numAsText.length; }

formattedText = numAsText.substring(dotIndex-3,dotIndex+3); // +4 for 3 decimals etc.

if (dotIndex>3) {
for (i=dotIndex-3 ; i>0 ; i=i-3) {
extractedText = numAsText.substring(i-3,i);
if (extractedText=="-") {
formattedText = extractedText + formattedText
} else {
formattedText = extractedText + "," + formattedText
}
}
}

formattedText;


[Tom Mont]

Wow guys you are simply amazing. Thanks A lot

[Dustin Ward]

This is cool… how can I get a dollar sign in front of it?