After Effects Number Generator

[reesaa25389923]

I need a number counter with comas that goes up to at least 100,000,000. Preferably infinitely. The "numbers" effect in AE only goes up to 30,000 (without a coma). This expression:

var num = effect("Slider Control")("Slider")

num = Comma(num);

[num]

function Comma(number)

{

number = '' + Math.round(number);

if (number.length > 3)

{

var mod = number.length % 3;

var output = (mod > 0 ? (number.substring(0,mod)) : '');

for (i=0 ; i < Math.floor(number.length / 3); i++)

{

if ((mod == 0) && (i == 0))

output += number.substring(mod+ 3 * i, mod + 3 * i + 3);

else

output+= ',' + number.substring(mod + 3 * i, mod + 3 * i + 3);

}

return (output);

}

else return number;

}

(located here: CreativeCOW ) is limited by the slider which only goes up to 1,000,000, but it does enable comas. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to make this work?

Thanks!

[Dave Merchant]

"Infinity" is not a valid concept for software.

Your code starts off by rounding the slider, which throws away the decimals. Multiply first to get your extra digits.

[Rick Gerard]

Goole Dan Eberts universal timer. That's where you should start.

[Roland Kahlenberg · Accepted solution]

The Expression Point Control effect allows for larger numbers than the Expression Slider Control.

This script will do the trick for you - it includes a $ sign as a prefix.

s = "" + Math.round(effect("Point Control")("Point")[0]);

if (s.length > 3 && s.length < 7)

"$" + s.substr(0, s.length -3) + "," + s.substr(-3)

else if (s.length >= 7 && s.length < 10)

"$" + s.substr(0, s.length -6) + "," + s.substr(-6, 3)  +"," + s.substr(-3)

else if (s.length >= 10 && s.length < 13)

"$" + s.substr(0, s.length -9) + "," + s.substr(-9, 3) + "," + s.substr(-6, 3)  +"," + s.substr(-3)

else

"$" + s

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I got the know-how over here -

Animated number count with commas in After Effects - YouTube

[reesaa25389923]

Thanks! The video link helped a lot!