[Resolved] Basic question about formating numbers

chelsea7

Hello everyone,

I have a basic question about number formatting.

I would to turn the results of the code below;
<?
$v4t=$totalsup*$v4/100;
?>

Into lets say from 0.9, which was the result into 9%.

What command could I use to do this. I tried using the sprintf command, but I didn't get the results I wanted.

Could I use the echo command?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks!
KJ

Weedpacket

What, you mean you want to multiply it by 100 and put a '%' sign on the end? (I presume you want 90%, not 9%).

chelsea7

Yes, I want to multiply it by 100 and put a '%' sign on the end? (I presume you want 90%, not 9%).

How do I get the output to read % as in 90%. Can I use the 'echo' command?

Thank you
Chelsea 7

Weedpacket

Originally posted by chelsea7
How do I get the output to read % as in 90%. Can I use the 'echo' command?

Question: are you want to put the "90%" into a variable or do you want to output it? sprintf does one, echo does the other.

If you didn't divide $v4t by 100 you'd have it easier, because you wouldn't need to multiply it by 100 again to get a percentage. Then you could just go

$v4t = $v4t.'%';

to put the percentage sign on.

chelsea7

Yes. I simply want to output the percentage to the screen. I do not want to save it in the database. Your example is what I needed.

Thanks for your help.

Chelsea7