Hi, I want to format a float number to currency. To do this, I use the Format function using the %m format, as this:

Format('%m', [123.25]);

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and my regional settings at configured to display "$ 1234.25", but I'm getting "123.25$", why is the money symbol at the right side, instead of using the regional setting?.

Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com 

Did you use the CLocale unit ?

Michael.

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No, but after you mentioned I included it in my "uses". The result was a number without the money symbol.  
Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com

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Apart from that, I'm looking a cross-platform solution.  
Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com

That probably means the clocale does not know how to handle the currency symbol ?

Michael.

In our previous episode, Leonardo M. Ram? said:

This is as per doc?

http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/format.html

FloatToStrF(Argument,ffGeneral,Precision,3)

M Currency format. the next argument in the var{Args} array must be a floating point value. The argument is converted to a decimal string using currency notation. This means that fixed-point notation is used, but that the currency symbol is appended. If precision is specified, then then it overrides the CurrencyDecimals global variable used in the FloatToStrF

In short, the M specifier formats it's argument as follows:

FloatToStrF(Argument,ffCurrency,9999,Precision)

Note the /append/ :-)

Then there seems to be a contradiction in the doc. The position of the currency symbol in FloatToStrF with ffCurrency is determined by CurrencyFormat.

  CurrencyFormat:=0;
  s:=FloatToStrF(123.25,ffCurrency,5,2);
  s:=Format('%m', [123.25]);

Both calls return $123.25 in s.

Ludo

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Thanks, that worked. The trick was CurrencyFormat := 0;  
Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com