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deepakpdeepakp 

formatting percentage and amount fields in VF page

I need to format display probability % for opportunity as 25% instead of 25.0% and amount as $100.20 instead of $100.2.

 

I could'nt field any functions for formatting in visualforce expression.

 

 

What is best way to handle formatting of data?

 

 

 

My code is as below.
deepakpdeepakp

<apex:column headerValue="Probability">
<apex:outputLabel value="{!opp.Probability}%" />
</apex:column>

<apex:column headerValue="Amount(K)">
<apex:outputLabel value="${!opp.Amount}" />
</apex:column>

deepakpdeepakp

I was able to display 25 instead of 25.0 by by adding VALUE(TEXT(opp.Probability)) in visualforce expression

 

 

<apex:outputLabel value="{!VALUE(TEXT(opp.Probability))}%" />

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You can also use outputText, as shown on this page: http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/pages/Content/pages_compref_outputText.htm. For example, you can use:

 

<apex:outputText value="{0,number,0}%">
    <apex:param value="{!opp.Probability}" />
</apex:outputText>

Formulas are shorter, though...