pound() Function

Function

pound( number, decimals, no_commas )

Converts the number into pounds by effectively adding a pound symbol (£), a decimal point, and one comma for every three digits preceding the decimal.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
number	Decimal	The number of pounds to be returned as text.
decimals	Decimal	The number of digits after the decimal to display.
no_commas	Integer	An optional flag value indicating whether commas are used as number separators. It accepts 0 or 1. The default value is 0.

Returns

Text

Usage considerations

Understanding results

If no arguments are passed, the pound symbol itself is returned as text.

If no decimals value is passed, the function uses 2 by default.

Examples

pound(3213.43,2) returns £3,213.43

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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