Putting a comma in an after effects counter

[steve456]

Hi all,

I'm trying to make a simple counter in After Effects (which I did), but I can't seem to figure out how to put a comma after the number reaches past 100,000. I already tried what is out there within the YouTube community and other forums. I just can't seem to get it to work. Any suggestions?

[dj.summitt · Accepted solution]

Just copied this from a project I'm working on. If not working with dollars just remove the $ from text before.

countTotal=57000;

textBefore = "$";

textAfter = "";

n="" + Math.round(effect("Slider Control")("Slider")*countTotal/100); s="";

for(i=0, l=n.length;

i<l; i++){ if(s && s!="-" && (l-i)%3 ==0) s+=",";

s += n; } textBefore+s+textAfter;

[steve456]

Thank you! I will try this!

[Rick Gerard]

You should search for Dan Ebberts universal timer and save it as an animation preset. Dan Ebberts's Universal Counter.

[styopg19320681]

Thanks for a great help!

[steve456]

This worked perfectly, thank you so much!

[fromthedeskoftom]

Made by Loop's Numero After Effects script  now creates sliding number counters with commas and decimals if that's the effect you're looking for?