Formatting numeric variables....

Hi Carrie,

There is still no way to format numbers like you want out-of-the-box in Storyline. JavaScript is still the way to go. Here are a couple of forum threads to get you started (though there are many more discussions on this):

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/how-to-display-2-decimal-places-in-variable-calculations

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/adding-commas-decimals-into-variable-values

If you want to post a single-slide Storyline file containing your specific case, I'll be happy to insert the JavaScript code for you. Just tell me the format you need (whole number? 2 decimal format for cents?).

with modern javascript it is not very complicated

part 1: converting the number (based on country code + currency)

function formatCurrency(inNumber){
  return new Intl.NumberFormat('en-US', { 
    style:    'currency',
    currency: 'USD',
  }).format(inNumber);
};

part 2: connection to storyline variables

var player = GetPlayer();

var input  = player.GetVar("NumericEntry");
var output = formatCurrency(input);

player.SetVar("FormatedEntry", output);

result:
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/3da26422-ecc6-4cbf-a097-e74bcad9924b/review

more infos:

• country code: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/radfws/9.7?topic=overview-locales-code-pages-supported
• currency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/NumberFormat

Jurgen, I appreciate your input! But having zero experience with Javascript, this still looks complicated to me. ;-) I'm hoping that Steve will be able to help per his response above. Thank you!

Send me a private message, Carrie, and I'll respond with my email so you can send me your file.