Bug with formatfloat in crossplatform ?

[weabow 6]

I have this piece of code :

 

showmessage(formatfloat('###,###.00', 1234.25));

 

It runs fine under Windows, and if I change the decimal separator in the OS, it's taken into account.

 

On Mac, I always have the , (I'm french), even if I change it in the parameters of the OS.

 

An idea ?

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

What happens if you explicitly create new TFormatSettings with current locale and call the function with resulting record?

[weabow 6]

Well, I'm not familiar with this. I thougth that formatfloat took OS settings into account automatically.

 

Do you mean I have something else to do ?

[mausmb 13]

Hi,

 

Use System.SysUtils.FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator 

 

one example

 

  if FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator = ',' then
    LText := StringReplace(LText, '.', FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator, [rfReplaceAll])
  else
    LText := StringReplace(LText, ',', FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator, [rfReplaceAll]);

 

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[weabow 6]

Looks fine.

 

But me need is to be synchronized with the plateform settings, maybee France, USA or UK.

 

Sometimes it's a , and in other cases it's a .

 

How can I know which it is on the OS ?

[Lajos Juhász 293]

13 minutes ago, weabow said:

How can I know which it is on the OS ?

The default should be populated with the values that are supplied by the OS - http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/Sydney/en/System.SysUtils.TFormatSettings.Create

 

[mausmb 13]

36 minutes ago, mausmb said:

if FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator = ',' then
    LText := StringReplace(LText, '.', FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator, [rfReplaceAll])
  else
    LText := StringReplace(LText, ',', FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator, [rfReplaceAll]);

This solves all scenarios and local settings 

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

2 hours ago, mausmb said:

Use System.SysUtils.FormatSettings.DecimalSeparator 

BAD advice. Really bad. Global variables are evil. Moreover, this variable won't update on change either.

4 hours ago, weabow said:

Well, I'm not familiar with this. I thougth that formatfloat took OS settings into account automatically.

 

Do you mean I have something else to do ?

In VCL changes are auto-applied by TForm's internal message handler. FMX doesn't track system changes even on Windows (checked with 10.3). So it's up to you to refresh them.

I'd advice you to use your own instance of FmtSett received by TFormatSettings.Create(SysLocale.DefaultLCID) with all Format functions and refresh them periodically or when they're used. Probably there's more clever option but I'm not aware of any.

[weabow 6]

Thanks.

 

I put

TFormatSettings.Create(SysLocale.DefaultLCID);

but the ide doesn't want it.

 

Looking inside help...doesn't help !

[weabow 6]

I make it run :

 

fs := TFormatSettings.Create(SysLocale.DefaultLCID);

//fs.DecimalSeparator := '.';

System.SysUtils.FormatSettings := fs;

 

Now it compiles, but no change under MacOs.

 

If I set hardly decimalpoint it runs fine.

But my need is to detect the OS parameter. I think there's a bug.

[David Heffernan 2345]

2 hours ago, weabow said:

But my need is to detect the OS parameter. I think there's a bug.

Looks like it. Submit a bug report.

[weabow 6]

Done

[Remy Lebeau 1396]

2 hours ago, weabow said:

I make it run :

 

fs := TFormatSettings.Create(SysLocale.DefaultLCID);

//fs.DecimalSeparator := '.';

System.SysUtils.FormatSettings := fs;

That is wrong.  Don't assign the new TFormatSettings instance to the global FormatSettings variable at all (in fact, pretend that global variable doesn't even exist).  Pass the new TFormatSettings instance directly to FormatFloat() instead, eg:

fs := TFormatSettings.Create(SysLocale.DefaultLCID);
// customize fs as needed...
ShowMessage(FormatFloat('###,###.00', 1234.25, fs));

 

[weabow 6]

Thanks.

 

Doesn't solve the problem.

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

18 hours ago, Fr0sT.Brutal said:

use your own instance of FmtSett received by TFormatSettings.Create(SysLocale.DefaultLCID) with all Format functions and refresh them periodically or when they're used

Repeat

[Rollo62 536]

Stupid question, is it possible that Win and Macos have different format setting ?

Should be standard in both, but maybe isnt.

Edited August 6, 2021 by Rollo62

[David Heffernan 2345]

52 minutes ago, Rollo62 said:

Stupid question, is it possible that Win and Macos have different format setting ?

Should be standard in both, but maybe isnt.

It depends on the locale rather than the os

[Dave Nottage 557]

5 hours ago, Rollo62 said:

Stupid question, is it possible that Win and Macos have different format setting ?

Well, they're obtained differently, since they're different operating systems. The problem here is either in the call to CFLocaleCopyCurrent or CFLocalGetValue, which is what Delphi currently uses to obtain the decimal separator. The decimalSeparator method of NSLocale gives the correct result.

Edited August 6, 2021 by Dave Nottage