to 4 decimal points

I was reading this thread and made a class of your decimal function

class com.joshspoon.utils.Mathtilies
{

public function Mathtilies ()
{


}
public static function decimalPlaces (NumbertoConvert, DecimalPlaces) : Number
{
NumbertoConvert = NumbertoConvert;
DecimalPlaces = DecimalPlaces;
var input3 = Math.pow (10, DecimalPlaces);
var numericVal = Math.round (NumbertoConvert * input3) / input3;
var stringVal = "" + numericVal;
if (numericVal < 1)
{
// length should be 2+DecimalPlaces
while (stringVal.length < 2 + DecimalPlaces)
{
stringVal = stringVal + "0";
}
} else
{
// should have DecimalPlaces digits after the decimal, if there is a decimal
var decimalPos = stringVal.indexOf (".");
if (decimalPos > - 1)
{
// has a decimal
while (stringVal.charAt (decimalPos + DecimalPlaces) == "")
{
stringVal = stringVal + "0";
}
} else
{
// no decimal
stringVal = stringVal + "." + (input3 + "").substring (1);
}
}
return stringVal;
}
}

If any one want it.

no, not at all. it just depends upon your needs.

but if you want to input a number, it doesn't make sense to use a mulitline textfield.

ah ok, but generally Flash just dislikes multiline textfields?

you're welcome.

actually, it's your letterspacing being non-zero incombination with the textfield being multiline that causes flash to add a carriage return.

doh!!!

thanks kglad and jeckyl

why do multiline textfields stuff it up?

don't use multiline textfields.

ok thanks kglad,

that worked on my original code, but how come it's not working on http://home.exetel.com.au/twistedpancreas/roundingNumbersTest.fla

ie, Jeckyl's code

If you look at your trace output, you'll see they have extra newlines at the
end.

That's because you've made the input text boxes multi-line .. they should be
single-line

Pretty obvious really .. once you see it.
--
Jeckyl

just use Math.round() on your answer.

yeah could be (knowing me)

here's my file: http://home.exetel.com.au/twistedpancreas/roundingNumbersTest.fla

it's got me stumped!