User Guide
Chapter 2: ColdFusion Functions 473
of fields they are located in. The following example shows how to use the field to
determine exactly where to place parentheses to display negative numbers:
Examples <!--- This example shows the use of NumberFormat --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
NumberFormat Example
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=silver>
<H3>NumberFormat Example</H3>
<CFLOOP FROM=1000 TO=1020 INDEX="counter">
<CFSET CounterRoot2 = Evaluate(counter * sqr(2))>
<!--- Show the result in default format, adding the comma
for the thousands place, and also in custom format,
displaying to two decimal places --->
<CFOUTPUT>
<PRE>#counter# * Square Root of 2: #NumberFormat(CounterRoot2,
‘_____.__’)#</PRE>
<PRE>#counter# * Square Root of 2: #NumberFormat(CounterRoot2)#</PRE>
</CFOUTPUT>
</CFLOOP>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Number Mask Result
3.21 C(__^__) "( 3.21 )"
3.21 C__(^__) " (3.21 )"
3.21 C(__^)__ "( 3.21) "
3.21 C__(^)__ " (3.21) "
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