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=Introduction=
To control the number of decimal places when creating labels for a number (float) field (eg. a Z or Elevation attribute), follow these steps.
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<li>Press the button</li>
Describe how to change the format with the .ini file.
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<li> Go to Layer Control, tick the label box for the layer you wish to label and press Label…. to display the dialog below. In the “Label with:” field, select Expression…
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The attribute can be entered by using the Columns drop down list. For the format string, use something like “0.00” making sure that you provide the quotes. MapInfo uses the same (or very similar) formatting strings as Microsoft Excel does when formatting a Number cell. Examples are “0.00” to display to two decimal places, “0.0” to display to one decimal place. Examples from the MapInfo help are shown further below. The line entered in the dialog below is: Format$(Elevation,"0.00")
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Format$( 12345, ",#") ' returns "12,345"<br>
Format$(-12345, "$#") ' returns "-$12345"<br>
Format$( 12345.678, "$,#.##") ' returns "$12,345.68"<br>
Format$( 12345.678, "$,#.##;($,#.##)") 'returns "$12,345.68"<br>
Format$(-12345.678, "$,#.##;($,#.##)") 'returns "($12,345.68)"<br>
Format$(12345.6789, ",#.###") ' returns "12,345.679"<br>
Format$(12345.6789, ",#.#") ' returns "12,345.7" <br>
Format$(-12345.6789, "#.###E+00") ' returns "-1.235e+04"<br>
Format$(-12345.6789, "#.###E-00") ' returns "-1.235e04"<br>
Format$( 0.054321, "#.###E-00") ' returns "5.432e-02"<br>
Format$(0.054321, "#.##%") ' returns "5.43%"<br>
Format$(0.054321, "0.##\%") ' returns "0.05%" <br>
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