Format function

Hi all,

Is it to possible format string, number, datetime values in the code?

I don't want use format features of data elements or dynamic text, i need to format my values in the code.

Giuseppe

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johnw

Yes. You can use standard Java libraries to format your code.

If you put the following in an expression in your Data element, it will format it as a Year value as YYYY-MM-DD format.

var dateFormater = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat('yyyy-mm-dd');

dateFormater.format(someDateValue);

You can also use standard Java string functions as well.

John

giusca78

hi johnw,
thanks for the answer.

If I want use this approach in the onFetch function of the Dataset object, how can I use this?

I have tried to use this code in my Fetch function but I retrieve a report generation error.

I have used this sintax:

var dateFormater = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat('yyyy-mm-dd');
myVar = reportContext.getPersistentGlobalVariable("Data");
myVar += dateFormatter.format(row["field"]) + "
";
reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable("myValue",myVar );

Giuseppe

johnw

Let me write this up in a blog post since this is a pretty common question. I will post the link when done.

John

giusca78

thank a lot johnw