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stefanb78309260
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January 29, 2022
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After Effects Expression for replacing dots with commas

  • January 29, 2022
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Hello all.

 

I have the following expression for my source code: 

effect("Einstellungen für Schieberegler")("Schieberegler").value.toFixed(1)+" %";

 

Unfortunately, the digits after the comma are separated by a dot. Since I work in Germany, I would like to have the place after the comma separated by a comma. 

 

Unfortunately, this does not work as an addition:

replace (".",",");

 

Can anyone help me?

 

Thank you very much!

    Correct answer OussK

    Also this one is better if you want to automatically add comma for every 3 digits 

     

     

    num = effect("Slider Control")("Slider").value.toFixed(1).toString().replace(".", ",")+"%";
function addCommas(x) { return x.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ","); }
addCommas(num)

     

     

     

    num =effect("Einstellungen für Schieberegler")("Schieberegler").value.toFixed(1).toString().replace(".", ",")+" %";
function addCommas(x) { return x.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ","); }
addCommas(num)

     

     

     

     

    3 replies

    Roland Kahlenberg
    Roland Kahlenberg
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    April 10, 2025

    You'll want to use toLocaleString() to solve such issues related to international numbering systems. 

    I've started writing a series of short tutorials on using Modern Javascript in After Effects Expressions. These are part of my Advanced Course on Developing Advanced Intelligent Design Assets - these are start of the moment AE Templates/MoGRTs. 

    https://www.broadcastgems.com/post/modern-javascript-adobe-after-effects-expressions-tolocalestring

    I'll add more topics in the days and weeks ahead. Quite a few will also make it into my upcoming AE Script, AeXpressions NotePad - I hope it's OK to share this teaser/snippet. 






     

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    OussK
    Community Expert
    OussKCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 29, 2022

    try this 

    effect("Slider Control")("Slider").value.toFixed(1).toString().replace(".", ",")+"%";

    in German

    effect("Einstellungen für Schieberegler")("Schieberegler").value.toFixed(1).toString().replace(".", ",")+" %";

     

      OussK
      Community Expert
      OussKCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 29, 2022

      Also this one is better if you want to automatically add comma for every 3 digits 

       

       

      num = effect("Slider Control")("Slider").value.toFixed(1).toString().replace(".", ",")+"%";
function addCommas(x) { return x.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ","); }
addCommas(num)

       

       

       

      num =effect("Einstellungen für Schieberegler")("Schieberegler").value.toFixed(1).toString().replace(".", ",")+" %";
function addCommas(x) { return x.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ","); }
addCommas(num)

       

       

       

       

        ShiveringCactus
        Community Expert
        ShiveringCactusCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 29, 2022

        Make sure your project's expression engine is Javascript (which you can do in File > Project Settings > Expressions, then use this expression:

        text.sourceText.split('.').join(',');

         

        Someone who knows Javascript better than me can explain why what you would usually use:

        text.sourceText.replace(/./g, ",")

        replaces all the characters and there's probably a simple character addition to tell the script to only select '.' and not take it to mean all characters.

         

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          stefanb78309260Author
          Participant
          January 30, 2022

          Dear ShiveringCactus
          Thank you very much for your help. Unfortunately it doesn't work, although I checked before that my file uses Java script (thanks for the tip). The result was that the whole number was replaced by the word "numbers".
          However, OussK's idea worked:
          effect("Slider settings")("Slider").value.toFixed(1).toString().replace(".", ",")+" %";

            yahyabirinci
            yahyabirinci
            Participant
            December 14, 2023

            Thank you very much, this code worked for me too.

             

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