Displaying decimal points for area.

[JGoode]

Hi,

how can I get my object to display the amount of decimal points that my project preferences set?

here is my line of code

standard1 = str(room_area, 3, 2)  + " " + units

Thanks

[Erwin Edel]

Think this is what zone stamps do (display m² based on project preferences), and since they are basically objects, maybe dig around a bit in the script there to see what is going on?

If you mean how to see what the working units are set to, I believe there are some Request statements you can use for Working_lenght_unit etc

[JGoode]

Erwin wrote:
Think this is what zone stamps do (display m² based on project preferences), and since they are basically objects, maybe dig around a bit in the script there to see what is going on?

If you mean how to see what the working units are set to, I believe there are some Request statements you can use for Working_lenght_unit etc

My own zone stamp doesn't do this as it is set in the str to 2 decimal points. I need to automate the 2 decimal points to read the project preferences.

[Erwin Edel]

Did a quick dig around in GDL Reference Guide, check page 386, the thing you want to request is AREA_DIMENSION for m²

Or as found in the zone stamp:

area_form = ""													! Format as set in the Preferences
	rrr = request ("Area_dimension", "", area_form)
	room_area	= str (area_form, Temp_CalcArea)
	gross_area	= str (area_form, Temp_GrossArea)

etc

[JGoode]

Okay I made a bit of progress however I have no idea how to implement the format_string into my string with the area

[JGoode]

Never mind, I've got it now. Thanks very much for your help.