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DecimalFormat

Converts a number to a decimal-formatted string.

A number as a string formatted with two decimal places and a thousands separator.

Display and formatting functions

DecimalFormat(number)

DollarFormat, NumberFormat

Parameter	Description
number	Number to format

<h3>DecimalFormat Function</h3>
<p>Returns a number to two decimal places.
<p>
<cfloop FROM = 1 TO = 20 INDEX = "counter">
   <cfoutput>
   #counter# * Square Root of 2: 
      #DecimalFormat(Evaluate(counter * sqr(2)))#
   </cfoutput>
   <br>
</cfloop>


Contents > CFML Reference > ColdFusion Functions > DecimalFormat

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Comments

oneishy said on Jun 29, 2004 at 3:34 AM :

Be careful with this, it converts the number to a string that won't be accepted by other functions that require numbers, such as DecimalFormat().

Bryan_Hogan said on Apr 6, 2005 at 8:42 AM :

If you pass an empty string into decimalFormat() it will return 0.00 and not throw an error.

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