Skip to main content
Community
Documentation
OutSystems 11
Reference
OutSystems Language
Logic
Built-in Functions
Format

 

Language:
English日本語

OutSystems Language

 

 

OutSystems

Format

  1. Last updated
  2. Save as PDF
  • Edit
    Collaborate with us
    Edit this page on GitHub

    • ​

    ​

    ​

    Name Description
    FormatCurrency(​Currency, Text, Integer, Text, Text) Builds a Text output of the specified Currency 'value', preceded by the currency 'symbol', using 'decimal_digits' after the decimal point. The decimal point is specified using 'decimal_separator', while the thousands can be separated with the 'group_separator'.

    When rounding, the function behaves differently depending on where you use it:

    - In the application server, it applies the method round half up (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds up).
    - In client-side logic, it applies the method round half to even (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds to the nearest even integer).
    FormatDecimal(​Decimal, Integer, Text, Text) Builds a Text output of the specified Decimal 'value', using 'decimal_digits' after the decimal point. The decimal point is specified using 'decimal_separator', while the thousands can be separated with the 'group_separator'.

    When rounding, the function behaves differently depending on where you use it:

    - In the application server, it applies the method round half up (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds up).
    - In client-side logic, it applies the method round half to even (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds to the nearest even integer).
    FormatPercent(​Decimal, Integer, Text) Builds a Text output of the specified Decimal 'value', followed by '%' using 'decimal_digits' after the decimal point. The decimal point is specified using 'decimal_separator'.

    When rounding, the function behaves differently depending on where you use it:

    - In the application server, it applies the method round half up (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds up).
    - In client-side logic, it applies the method round half to even (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds to the nearest even integer).
    FormatPhoneNumber(​Text, Integer, Integer, Integer, Text, Text, Text) Builds a Text output of the specified phone number Text 'value', starting with the international separator 'int_separator', followed by the first 'int_code_digits' of 'value', then the 'area_separator', then the following 'area_code_digits' of 'value', then the 'phone_separator' and finally the following 'phone_digits' of 'value'.
    FormatText(​Text, Integer, Integer, Boolean, Text) Builds a Text output of the specified Text 'value', by limiting it to the specified 'max_chars' count. If 'value' has less than the 'min_chars' characters limit, enough 'padding_char' characters are added to expand the length to that limit. In this case, 'left_padding' determines where the padding should be added.
    FormatDateTime(​DateTime, Text) Builds a Text output of the specified Date Time 'value' using the specified 'format'. Formatting pattern can be any combination of the following:
    Day:
    - d: day without leading zero;
    - dd: day WITH leading zero;
    - ddd: abbreviated day name;
    - dddd: full day name;
    Month:
    - M: month without leading zero;
    - MM: month WITH leading zero;
    - MMM: abbreviated month name;
    - MMMM: full month name;
    Year:
    - y: last one or two digits of the year;
    - yy: last two digits of the year;
    - yyyy: year;
    Hour:
    - h: hour from 0 to 12 without leading zero;
    - hh: hour from 0 to 12 WITH leading zero;
    - H: hour from 0 to 24 without leading zero;
    - HH: hour from 0 to 24 WITH leading zero;
    Minute:
    - m: minutes without leading zero;
    - mm: minutes WITH leading zero;
    Second:
    - s: seconds without leading zero;
    - ss: seconds WITH leading zero;
    AM Designator:
    - t: first letter of AM or PM;
    - tt: AM or PM.

    If you want to output any of these characters then precede it with '\'.
    Changing the environment date format does not change the way the FormatDateTime function formats the dates.

    FormatCurrency

    Builds a Text output of the specified Currency 'value', preceded by the currency 'symbol', using 'decimal_digits' after the decimal point. The decimal point is specified using 'decimal_separator', while the thousands can be separated with the 'group_separator'.

    When rounding, the function behaves differently depending on where you use it:

    • In the application server, it applies the method round half up (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds up).
    • In client-side logic, it applies the method round half to even (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds to the nearest even integer).

    Available in:

    • Server-side logic: Yes
    • Client-side logic: Yes
    • Database: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.
    • Local Storage: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.

    Parameters

    value
    Type: Currency. Mandatory.
    The Currency value to be formatted.
    symbol
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The currency symbol.
    decimal_digits
    Type: Integer. Mandatory.
    The number of decimal digits.
    decimal_separator
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The decimal separator symbol.
    group_separator
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The group separator symbol.

    Output

    Type: Text

    Examples

    FormatCurrency(1.2, "$", 1, "#", ".") = "$1#2"
FormatCurrency(1.2, "$", 3, ",", ".") = "$1,200"
FormatCurrency(1.24, "$", 1, ",", ".") = "$1,2"
FormatCurrency(1.25, "$", 1, ",", ".") = "$1,3" (in the application server) or "$1,2" (in client-side logic)
FormatCurrency(1.251, "$", 1, ",", ".") = "$1,3"
FormatCurrency(1.35, "$", 1, ",", ".") = "$1,4"
FormatCurrency(12345.67, "$", 2, ",", ".") = "$12.345,67"
FormatCurrency(-12345.67, "$", 2, ",", ".") = "$-12.345,67"

    FormatDecimal

    Builds a Text output of the specified Decimal 'value', using 'decimal_digits' after the decimal point. The decimal point is specified using 'decimal_separator', while the thousands can be separated with the 'group_separator'.

    When rounding, the function behaves differently depending on where you use it:

    • In the application server, it applies the method round half up (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds up).
    • In client-side logic, it applies the method round half to even (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds to the nearest even integer).

    Available in:

    • Server-side logic: Yes
    • Client-side logic: Yes
    • Database: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.
    • Local Storage: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.

    Parameters

    value
    Type: Decimal. Mandatory.
    The Decimal value to be formatted.
    decimal_digits
    Type: Integer. Mandatory.
    The number of decimal digitis.
    decimal_separator
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The decimal separator symbol.
    group_separator
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The group separator symbol.

    Output

    Type: Text

    Examples

    FormatDecimal(1.2, 1, "#", ".") = "1#2"
FormatDecimal(1.2, 3, ",", ".") = "1,200"
FormatDecimal(1.24, 1, ",", ".") = "1,2"
FormatDecimal(1.25, 1, ",", ".") = "1,3" (in the application server) or "1,2" (in client-side logic)
FormatDecimal(1.251, 1, ",", ".") = "1,3"
FormatDecimal(1.35, 1, ",", ".") = "1,4"
FormatDecimal(12345.67, 2, ",", ".") = "12.345,67"
FormatDecimal(-12345.67, 2, ",", ".") = "-12.345,67"

    FormatPercent

    Builds a Text output of the specified Decimal 'value', followed by '%' using 'decimal_digits' after the decimal point. The decimal point is specified using 'decimal_separator'.

    When rounding, the function behaves differently depending on where you use it:

    • In the application server, it applies the method round half up (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds up).
    • In client-side logic, it applies the method round half to even (rounds to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds to the nearest even integer).

    Available in:

    • Server-side logic: Yes
    • Client-side logic: Yes
    • Database: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.
    • Local Storage: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.

    Parameters

    value
    Type: Decimal. Mandatory.
    The Decimal value to format as a percentage.
    decimal_digits
    Type: Integer. Mandatory.
    The number of decimal digits to use.
    decimal_separator
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The symbol to use as decimal separator.

    Output

    Type: Text

    Examples

    FormatPercent(0.12, 3, "#") = "12#000%"
FormatPercent(0.124, 0, ",") = "12%"
FormatPercent(0.125, 0, ",") = "13%" (in the application server) or "12%" (in client-side logic)
FormatPercent(0.1251, 0, ",") = "13%"
FormatPercent(0.135, 0, ",") = "14%"
FormatPercent(12345.6789, 2, ",") = "1234567,89%"
FormatPercent(-12345.6789, 2, ",") = "-1234567,89%"

    FormatPhoneNumber

    Builds a Text output of the specified phone number Text 'value', starting with the international separator 'int_separator', followed by the first 'int_code_digits' of 'value', then the 'area_separator', then the following 'area_code_digits' of 'value', then the 'phone_separator' and finally the following 'phone_digits' of 'value'.

    Available in:

    • Server-side logic: Yes
    • Client-side logic: Yes
    • Database: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.
    • Local Storage: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.

    Parameters

    value
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The phone number to be formatted.
    int_code_digits
    Type: Integer. Mandatory.
    The number of digits composing the international code.
    area_code_digits
    Type: Integer. Mandatory.
    The number of digits composing the area code.
    phone_digits
    Type: Integer. Mandatory.
    The number of digitis composing the phone number without international or area codes.
    int_separator
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The symbol for the international code.
    area_separator
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The symbol to use as separator between the international code and the area code.
    phone_separator
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The symbol to use as separator between the area code and the phone number.

    Output

    Type: Text

    Examples

    FormatPhoneNumber("351214153737", 3, 2, 7, "+", "-", ".") = "+351-21.4153737"

    FormatText

    Builds a Text output of the specified Text 'value', by limiting it to the specified 'max_chars' count. If 'value' has less than the 'min_chars' characters limit, enough 'padding_char' characters are added to expand the length to that limit. In this case, 'left_padding' determines where the padding should be added.

    Available in:

    • Server-side logic: Yes
    • Client-side logic: Yes
    • Database: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.
    • Local Storage: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.

    Parameters

    value
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The Text to be formatted.
    min_chars
    Type: Integer. Mandatory.
    The minimum number of characters in the output.
    max_chars
    Type: Integer. Mandatory.
    The maximum number of characters in the output.
    left_padding
    Type: Boolean. Mandatory.
    Indicates in which side the Text is padded.
    padding_char
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The character to use for padding the string to the minimum length.

    Output

    Type: Text

    Examples

    FormatText("123456789", 3, 9, True, "#") = "123456789"
FormatText("123456789876", 3, 9, True, "#") = "456789876"
FormatText("123456789876", 3, 9, False, "#") = "123456789"
FormatText("12345", 10, 20, True, "#") = "#####12345"
FormatText("12345", 10, 20, False, "#") = "12345#####"

    FormatDateTime

    Builds a Text output of the specified Date Time 'value' using the specified 'format'. Formatting pattern can be any combination of the following:
    Day:
    - d: day without leading zero;
    - dd: day WITH leading zero;
    - ddd: abbreviated day name;
    - dddd: full day name;
    Month:
    - M: month without leading zero;
    - MM: month WITH leading zero;
    - MMM: abbreviated month name;
    - MMMM: full month name;
    Year:
    - y: last one or two digits of the year;
    - yy: last two digits of the year;
    - yyyy: year;
    Hour:
    - h: hour from 0 to 12 without leading zero;
    - hh: hour from 0 to 12 WITH leading zero;
    - H: hour from 0 to 24 without leading zero;
    - HH: hour from 0 to 24 WITH leading zero;
    Minute:
    - m: minutes without leading zero;
    - mm: minutes WITH leading zero;
    Second:
    - s: seconds without leading zero;
    - ss: seconds WITH leading zero;
    AM Designator:
    - t: first letter of AM or PM;
    - tt: AM or PM.

    If you want to output any of these characters then precede it with '\'.
    Changing the environment date format does not change the way the FormatDateTime function formats the dates.

    Available in:

    • Server-side logic: Yes
    • Client-side logic: Yes
    • Database: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.
    • Local Storage: Function is evaluated before the aggregate is executed.

    Parameters

    value
    Type: DateTime. Mandatory.
    The Date Time to be formatted.
    format
    Type: Text. Mandatory.
    The formatting pattern.

    Output

    Type: Text

    Examples

    FormatDateTime(#2015-06-09 10:05:20#, "ddd, dd MMM yyyy") = "Tue, 09 Jun 2015"
FormatDateTime(CurrDateTime(),"To\da\y i\s: dddd") = "Today is: Tuesday"
    1. Back to top
    • Was this article helpful?

    Recommended articles

    1. There are no recommended articles.
    1. Article type
      Topic
      Owner
      TechComm
    2. Tags
      This page has no tags.