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toFixed not working?!
Hello
I have a very simple expression which is proving to be a right pain. I want to have some text display the value of a slider to a fixed number of decimal places. I have an expression slider control on the text layer, and the expression (below) in the source text. If I remove the .toFixed(2) part, it works fine, but with a whole load of decimals. If I add the .toFixed(2), I get the error:
After Effects warning: Function num.toFixed is undefined
Expression disabled.Error occurred at line 2.
Comp: ‘02_02_counter’
Layer: 1 (‘’)
Property: ‘Source Text’I can use any other value perfectly with the .toFixed thing, it’s just as soon as I involve the slider, it falls over. Is the slider outputting a text string or something? It’s certainly not a format that toFixed likes!
Any suggestions would be MUCH appreciated!
– Paul
num=effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
num.toFixed(2) -
3 Replies
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Sometimes you have to explicitly specify you want the value of the slider, not the slider object itself. This should fix it:
num=effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”).value;
num.toFixed(2)Dan
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Thank you very much for that simple fix, Dan – it works perfectly!
I eventually used a workaround – the good old Numbers effect, with its decimal places and leading zeroes options. But I will certainly be using that .value in future.
– Paul
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hello mr Dan i need your help on the following expression, is not working on my cs6 , i am trying to rotate 3d sphere object with camera.
value+lookAt(thisComp.activeCamera.toworld([0,0,0]),position)[0]
value+lookAt(thisComp.activeCamera.toworld([0,0,0]),position)[1]
value+lookAt(thisComp.activeCamera.toworld([0,0,0]),position)[2]
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