how do i make my code only display 1 or 2 numbers after the decimal?

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Here is the code that i have currently...

Code (CSharp):

1. //This is in the update function
2.  
3. fishingLevelText.text = ("" + GameController.control.requieredFishingXP /GameController.control.currentFishingXP);

this works great, but it displays the percentage like .. 5.987278123 % for example. I would like it to just say 5.9 % or 5.98 %


I thought i just had to add .toString("F2") but that wasnt seeming to work either.

 

edit: I had those in the wrong order for the division.. i fixed that, and would like it to show .85 percent of the level or whatever thanks!

 

Code (CSharp):

1. String.Format("{0:0.00}", value);

Is how you format to 2 decimal places. In your case, I would also multiply value by 100 to get the actual percent:

Code (CSharp):

1. fishingLevelText.text = ("" + GameController.control.requieredFishingXP /GameController.control.currentFishingXP);
2.  
3. var ctrl = GameController.control;
4. float value = (ctrl.requiredFishingXP / ctrl.currentFishingXP) * 100f;
5.  
6. fishingLevelText.text = String.Format("{0:0.00}", value) + " %";

 

could also just run

Code (CSharp):

1. myInt.ToString("0.00");

on the int to convert it to a string representation of the int with only 2 decimal spaces.

 

@BenZed 's code: If you're going to use string.Format, may as well avoid the extra concatenation. Also, use # instead of 0 for the first digit - it'll include leading digits as needed, where 0 just does one digit IIRC.

Code (csharp):

1. fishingLevelText.text = string.Format("{0:#.00} %", value);

Finally, if ctrl.requiredFishingXP and ctrl.currentFishingXP are ints, then BenZed's code will always show you 0% - it divides them as ints (resulting in 0) and only after that becomes a float when multiplied by 100f (but 0 * 100f = 0f). You need to cast at least one to a float before the operation:

Code (csharp):

1. float value = ( (float)ctrl.requiredFishingXP / ctrl.currentFishingXP) * 100f;

 

ToString("F2") works fine.

--Eric

 

they are float values though not ints. i got it showing the correct percent now but i am still having issues working out how to get them to show only the percentage and not a bunch of decilmal places.

Code (CSharp):

1. fishingLevelText.text = ("" +  GameController.control.currentFishingXP /GameController.control.requieredFishingXP * 100 + "%");

both variables are float values.

 

when i try that its saying i can do that to a string and float.

 

You need to use correct syntax. Since I don't know what your code is, I can't tell you what's wrong.

--Eric

 

This is what i was trying.

Code (CSharp):

1. fishingLevelText.text = ("" +  GameController.control.currentFishingXP /GameController.control.requieredFishingXP * 100 + "%" ).ToString("F2");
2.  
3. i also tried adding it to the end of each of the 2 variables instead and still got the error. i think i am just miss understanding where i am suppose to add it to.

thanks again for the help

 

You have to convert have to convert the numbers only, and then add other stuff like % symbols.

--Eric

 

I usually use :

Code (CSharp):

1. Math.Round(number, 2, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero).ToString("0.00");

This way it gets rounded to the second decimal but still represented as 2 decimals as a string.

 

oh cool thank you, i will see if i can get that way to work. so "number" would be the actual variable I am wanting to have rounded and displayed?

 

Thank you very much that worked beautifully!

 

I'm glad it worked for you!