Default Decimal separator for float parsing and printing

[sloubi]

Hi,
Here is my pb.
I have an application where user can fill float values into <INPUT>

I have to localize my application according to the user definition, not
according to the browser.
So, in France I need the comma, in England it's the dot.

I know the rought solution consisting in 'replacing" dot by comma or
reverse, but:
- it's not clean
- it raises performance considerations, as I manipulate hudge pack of
numbers (matrix or table).

Is there a way to "force" the localization by default?

Regards


Francillo

 

[Martin Honnen]

Here is my pb.
I have an application where user can fill float values into <INPUT>

Users enter text into an input and your script accesses the value
property of the input element object as a Javascript string so as far as
that goes it is then up to your code to interpret that string as a float.

I have to localize my application according to the user definition, not
according to the browser.
So, in France I need the comma, in England it's the dot.

I know the rought solution consisting in 'replacing" dot by comma or
reverse, but:
- it's not clean
- it raises performance considerations, as I manipulate hudge pack of
numbers (matrix or table).

Is there a way to "force" the localization by default?

If you want to use Javascript functions like parseFloat then it uses '.'
as the decimal separator, there is no way to change that, unless you
write your own function.

 

[Dr J R Stockton]

Hi,
Here is my pb.

S'il vous plaît ne pensez pas que les abréviations qui peuvent être
d'usage en français seraient satisfaisante en anglais; on ne devrait
jamais introduire les abréviations lors de l'écriture d'une langue avec
laquelle on ne parle pas couramment.

I have an application where user can fill float values into <INPUT>

I have to localize my application according to the user definition, not
according to the browser.
So, in France I need the comma, in England it's the dot.

I know the rought solution consisting in 'replacing" dot by comma or
reverse, but:
- it's not clean
- it raises performance considerations, as I manipulate hudge pack of
numbers (matrix or table).

Have you determined whether the necessary substitution will have a
perceptible influence on performance? Firefox 3, 3GHz P4, can convert
"12345,67" to "12345.67" in under 5 us. Very few users can type a
number accurately in less than 200 ms.