Re: formating numbers

use the number_format() function http://php.net/number_format :) -jeremy Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more Get your own Free, Private email at http://www.smackdown.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler. --Dennis Ritchie On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Paul Fontenot wrote: > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:37:11 -0700 > From: Paul Fontenot <paul@pitbull-racing.com> > To: PHP <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: [PHP] formating numbers > > I have some pages that that produce output like this: > > 36.1367254 > > My question is, how would I go about changing that to > > 36.14 ? > > The code is posted below > > If (!$submit) > { > } > elseif (!$bore) > { > print "<B>Please enter bore in inches.</B>"; > } > elseif (!$stroke) > { > print "<B>Please enter stroke in inches.</B>"; > } > elseif (!$chamber_vol) > { > print "<B>Please enter stroke in inches.</B>"; > } > elseif ($submit) > { > $pi = 3.14; > $cyl_vol = (($pi/4) * (($bore * 2.54) * ($bore * 2.54)) * ($stroke * > 2.54)); > $comp_ratio = (($cyl_vol + $chamber_vol)/$chamber_vol); > > print "<B>Based on a <font color=teal>$bore</font> inch bore, > "; > print "and a <FONT COLOR=TEAL>$stroke</FONT> inch stroke, > <BR>"; > print "your compression ratio is <FONT > COLOR=TEAL>$comp_ratio</FONT>:1</b>"; > } > > > Paul Fontenot > PitBull Racing.com > http://www.pitbull-racing.com > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >