Re: [ic] more-list and format question

[Kyle Cook <kyle@invisio.com>]

At 11:32 PM 10/22/01, you wrote:
>Hi list,
>
>I want to pass the value of a category from on page to the next
>when I use the [more-list] tag. I hopped [more-list arg="item-field
>category"] would work but not all wishes come true.
>
>My second problem is the formatting of displayed data.
>Is there a tag to format data in this way:
>Mysql field voltage value: 800.00    output in IC: 800
>                              0.50    output in IC: 0.50
>a format tag like [format ##.##][data-field voltage][/format] would be
>desirable.
>(I think all this could be solved with perl but I'm just starting to learn
>perl).
>
>Any suggestions and help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Götz Verdieck

For the first question: is "category" a value (from a form submit)?
If so, then you could simply reference it via [value category], if
not then you may want to look into the set/seti tags.

Second question: try this: [calc]sprintf "%.2f", [data-field voltage][/calc]

Good luck,
Kyle Cook

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