Format Number in Edit Text Box

Hi all, I have a GUI with several edit text boxes. Is there any way to change the format of a number in a text Box ? For example: 4.45567e2, but I want the longG format "445,567" so that it is more readable. Is this possible ? i will apreciate any Help Alex

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

Alex - try using sprintf to format your data. For example,

 set(handles.edit1,'String',sprintf('%.3f',pi))

would set the text in the edit control to 3.142. We use the .3 to indicate that we want three decimal places.

[Alex]

HI Geoff,

thanks for the Quick answer, do u know if it is Possible to define the Postion of a Number in the Text Box for example (in the middle of the Text box)

[Geoff Hayes]

Hi Alex - you can set the HorizontalAlignment to centre so that the text is centred within the edit control. (I think that this may be the default setting for this property.)