Convert Number to String in Expression Component

Hi All,

Other than using format like below is there another way to convert a number to string within an expression component.

Format("{0}", x)

As need it as input for string length calculation like so, this is part of a larger expression mind.

Length(Format("{0}", x))

Thanks

Matt

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on September 17, 2015 at 12:05pm

What is wrong with Format?

Permalink Reply by Matt Gaydon on September 17, 2015 at 1:04pm

Nothing wrong with it, just though I would ask in case there was something else which I could learn also. Always on the hunt to learn new clever/simpler ways to ride code/expressions.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on September 17, 2015 at 1:25pm

There are other ways, but Format is the most flexible method available. It's definitely the one you want to use as you have full control over decimals, whether or not to include trailing zeroes, whether to use scientific notation, whether to have thousand separators, ...

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