[AccessD] Re: Number vs text data type

I sit corrected, it was indeed the Str() function my lame-brain was
"thinking" of.

Lambert

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Gustav Brock [SMTP:gustav at cactus.dk]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 14, 2003 3:19 AM
> To:	Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject:	Re: [AccessD] Re: Number vs text data type
> 
> Hi Lambert
> 
> This is not correct - you must be thinking of Str() which adds a
> leading place holder (space) for the sign but doesn't display a plus
> sign, thus 
> 
>    2 displays as " 2"
>   -2 displays as "-2"
> 
> which has the advantage of listing positive and negative numbers
> nicely when using a monospaced font.
> 
> Like CStr(), Format() does not have this behaviour. You can, however,
> tell Format() to act like Str() this way:
> 
>   strVal = Format(lngVal," 0;-0")
> 
> But why should you? Str() is very much faster than Format().
> 
> /gustav
> 
> 
> > Format *always* pads with one space, to get more just include spaces in
> the
> > format string, thus...
> 
> > format(2,"0") will display (without the quotes) " 2"
> > format(2," 0") will display "  2"
> 
> > if you don't want any padding use Cstr instead of Format.
> 
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