decimal

[johnasp1]

I have a list of numbers from a database and in the data base the first number has 2 places past the number

Example {2.00, 1.9}.

    When I grab this number it looks like this {2.0, 1.9}.....I need 2 places past the number.

I tried  to format to a string then change back to a number but no luck.

Intent >format("%3.2f",2.0 )
--> "2.00"

Intent >makeNumber("2.00")
--> 2.0

John 

[Anonymous]

If you need to show your number on the drawing, use Styles. You need create new Dimension style with checked Trailing Zeros in Unit Tab - Display. Select precision as 2.12. In Intent code when you will create Dimension Child use dimStyle parameter as "here name your Dim Style". Should work.

[JackGregory]

Numbers have the same precision internally all the time.  What you see as the representation is a function of what is doing the output.  If you have a real number in a database, it is 2, 2.0, 2.00000000 all at the same time.  Intent's various UIs have different standards.  There are also functions which can format numbers to a string.  But there isn't any loss of precision.

You say, "When I grab this number"..   What does that mean?  Then you say you need 2 places past the number, but you seem to indicate that you don't want a string.  So where do you want 2 places that isn't a string?

--Jack Gregory

[johnasp1]

As it turns out I was able to use a string as my final output so I used the format() function.

Here is an example:

original list:
Intent >data.set
--> {{1.38, 12.0}, {1.38, 9.0}, {1.68, 9.0}, {1.68, 9.0}, {2.0, 7.5}, {2.0, 6.0}, {2.0, 6.0}, {2.0, 9.0}, {2.0, 9.0}, {2.0, 7.5}, {2.2, 4.5}, {2.2, 6.0}, {2.2, 6.0}, {2.2, 7.5}, {2.2, 9.0}, {2.2, 9.0}, {2.2, 7.5}, {2.2, 4.5}, {2.4, 6.0}, {2.4, 7.5}, {2.4, 6.0}, {2.4, 4.5}, {2.4, 7.5}, {2.4, 4.5}}

Rule Run As Any = sort(RemoveDuplicates(data.set), :Ascending, key := {:first, :Second})


Rule Run1 As List
Run1 = {}
Dim x As Any
Dim dataList As Any = Run
For Each x In (dataList)
Run1 = Run1 +{{format("%3.2f",nth(1,x)), format("%3.1f",nth(2,x))}}
Next x
End Rule

Rule Run2 As List
Run2 = {}
Dim x As Any
Dim dataList As Any = Run1
For Each x In (dataList)
Run2 = Run2 +{nth(1,x) + (If MakeNumber(nth(2,x))>=10 Then "__" Else "___") + nth(2,x)}
Next x
End Rule

Intent >run2
--> {"1.38___9.0", "1.38__12.0", "1.68___9.0", "2.00___6.0", "2.00___7.5", "2.00___9.0", "2.20___4.5", "2.20___6.0", "2.20___7.5", "2.20___9.0", "2.40___4.5", "2.40___6.0", "2.40___7.5"}