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AddDollarFormat ( Number )

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Jeremiah Small, Soliant Consulting
http://jsmall.us

Turn unformatted number into dollars with commas rounded to nearest penny.

Sample Input:
AddDollarFormat ( 123456789 )
Sample Output:
$ 123,456,789.00


 Then copy & paste into FileMaker Advanced's Edit Custom Function window.

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Description:

Note: On 10/5/2006, Micah Woods modified the function to support negative numbers. Thanks Micah.

Note: A typo was fixed in this function on 9/14/2005 which caused the original version to return the wrong value for 7 and 8 figure numbers. Thanks to Angie at Biscuit Technology for reporting the problem :)

This function takes an unformatted number and formats it with dollar sign, commas, and rounds to the nearest penny. It is useful if you need to display dollar results in a concatenated text field with other text. It only will format numbers up to 999,999,999.99. Numbers larger than that will be returned without commas. Of course if you need to format 1 billion dollars and higher, you can afford to have me extend the range if you can't figure out how to do it yourself :)

Note: these functions are not guaranteed or supported by BrianDunning.com. Please contact the individual developer with any questions or problems.

This is my Custom Function and I want to edit it

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This is better than mine because it inserts commas. (I guess that depends on whether you want commas.)

Brian Dunning, Laguna Niguel, CA
January 19, 2009 3:41pm

Very nice. Can you add some variables for setting prices ( merchandising )

a) rounds to the nearest (5), then subtracts ($.01) or ($.05) to get $14.99 or $14.95

b) rounds to the nearest (10), then subtracts ($.01) or ($.05) to get $89.99 or $89.95

Tom Myers, Seattle WA
May 20, 2009 2:58pm

I've used this function and added:

1. Can pass a prefix
2. Can declare precision of rounding
3. Added formatting to 15 characters (trillions)

Where should I add the updated version?

Eric Ridgley, Fairlawn, OH
January 12, 2010 11:52am

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