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1209116 - Formatting a number field to have spaces for 'thousands' separators in Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • How to use a space as a thousand separator?
  • How to change the thousand separator from a comma to a space in a formula?
  • How do I format a number field to incorporate spaces, rather than commas, for the 'thousands' separators, using a formula in Crystal Reports?
       
    For example: How to changing the appearance of a number like:
         
          7,894,562,235
       
    To look like:                                                         
         
          7 894 562 235

Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2008
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2011
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2013
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016

Resolution

  • To use space as a thousand separator when converting a numeric field to text in a formula, use the ToText function, and set the third argument with a space like:
      
         ToText(<INSERT YOUR NUMERIC FIELD HERE>,0," ")
      
    Ensure the third argument has a space within the quotes. 
        
      
    Note: By default, when using the function ToText, if you do not specify the thousand separator argument, like:
         
        ToText(<INSERT YOUR NUMERIC FIELD HERE>)
          
    It will take your Microsoft Windows regional default setting for thousand separator, which is usually a comma.

Keywords

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Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2013 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2016