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<noinclude>__NOINDEX__</noinclude>When you want to do calculations on a currency field in Velocity, you need to create a number from the currency strings delivered by the platform. That string has the form <tt>$ 24.95</tt>. The following code converts it into a number: | <noinclude>__NOINDEX__</noinclude>When you want to do calculations on a currency field in Velocity, you need to create a number from the currency strings delivered by the platform. That string has the form <tt>$24.95</tt>. The following code converts it into a number: | ||
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Revision as of 00:35, 16 November 2013
When you want to do calculations on a currency field in Velocity, you need to create a number from the currency strings delivered by the platform. That string has the form $24.95. The following code converts it into a number:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="html4strict" enclose="div">
- set($n = 0.00)
- set($s = $YourObject.currency_field.substring(2) )
- set($n = $n.parseDouble($s)
</syntaxhighlight> where:
- $n = 0.00 creates an instance of the double-precision float class (Double)
- $YourObject.currency_field.substring(2) removes the first two characters from the currency string. (The $ sign and the space that follows it.)
- parseDouble($s) converts the resulting string into a double-precision float--a number that can be used in calculations.