Formatting numeric entries over 1,000 - need that comma

Hi Paula,

You need a bit of Javascript to do this, and essentially, since a numeric entry variable can only be a number, the result from Javascript needs to go into a text variable. So you will likely want to do something like hide the numeric entry once it is complete, or open a layer to appear to replace the original with the text variable with commas.

I found the function to add the commas here: https://blog.abelotech.com/posts/number-currency-formatting-javascript/

Here's my quick and dirty Storyline version: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/4a06f424-e6ec-4e77-b6a3-b135a4aef143/review 

I've attached the SL file.

The Javascript I used is below. It runs from a trigger when control loses from the  numeric entry field. Note that I just used the default NumericEntry variable that SL creates when you have a numeric entry field.

var player = GetPlayer();

function formatNumber(num) {
return num.toString().replace(/(\d)(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, '$1,')
}

var jsnumeric = player.GetVar("NumericEntry")

var jsnumcomma = formatNumber(jsnumeric)

player.SetVar("Numeric_with", jsnumcomma);

David has the answer, I normally run it when variable changes, but either way it works.

Thanks so much!!

Phil,

I like your way better, keying off a change in variable, as it's more direct.

Thanks!