How would I put a comma in grandtotal when the count is over a thousand, hundred thousand, etc. As it is now the total looks like 120540. I would like to put in a comma so it would look like 120,540. I am not good at coding, and clueless on how this may be done, if it can be done at all.

From the perl faq you can use:


and if you pass call commify(120540) it will return 120,450.

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Alex
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I'm sorry I haden't realised there was a perl forum. I reviewed the threads regarding the comma thing, but I dont understand where the code snippet should go?

BTW -it might be my imagination, but this forum seems to have increased in speed. It loads like lightening.

Hi,

You would want to do something like:

grand_total_formatted =>

and add that into your template globals. Then replace <%grand_total%> with <%grand_total_formatted%> in your template.

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Alex
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Thanks Alex.
I mistakenly thought you wanted me to ask this in the Perl forum. I apologize for any disruption I may have inadvertently caused there.

What about the category grand total?

I'm using a global called "total_cats" with the following:


Sean

Thanks for reminding me about the categories...

BTW, while we're on the subject...
How do you put a comma in the Number_of_Links displayed next to the category name??


Thanks-

Actually, to display the category totals with commas, you can add a global called total_cats_formatted with the following:



Sean

Try:

Anyone seeing the pattern? ;)

Cheers,

Alex
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Thanks-
I see the pattern but don't understand it. Coding is not my strong point.

Hi,

I can understand the change to globals and then change the tag in the template in order to put the comma in the total number of links, however, I am lost at how to do it for category1 (123,456). What template should be changed as I am not sure how to change the tags here to generate the outcome above.

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Hi,

Add a global called Number_Formatted:

sub {
my $tags = shift;
local $_ = $tags->{Number_of_Links};
return 0 unless defined $_;
1 while s/^([-+]?\d+)(\d{3})/$1,$2/;
return $_;
}

then edit subcategory.html and replace <%Number_of_Links%> with <%Number_Formatted%>.

Cheers,

Alex
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Thanks Alex greatly appreciated.
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