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Navstar

11-05-2010, 09:00 AM

I've got a basic setup displaying extruded text that can count up and down via slider.

But I want to add a string before the number. Specifically a dollar sign. Since the value goes from $0 to $100000, I need the "$" to always stay attached next to the far left number.

Seems simple, but the Xpresso to combine a string and an integer escapes me.
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Darter

11-05-2010, 09:30 AM

Just use an Add node with the data type set to String.

kvb

11-05-2010, 09:52 AM

You could also use a coffee node.

Totally forgot the math node could be used with strings (make sure you put the node producing the $ as input 1).

But just in case you need to do more to the number (like adding cents, constraining to 2 decimal places will be a pain and will most likely require a bit of scripting), I'm posting the coffee equivalent:)

main()
{
var value = tostring(Input1);
Output1 = "$"+value;
}

-kvb

Navstar

11-05-2010, 03:11 PM

Very cool! Thanks!

On a side note... anyone know how to stop numbers from "vibrating" side to side as it counts up/down? All professional fonts have monospaced numbers, but C4D seems to change the kerning enough to make each number have a slightly different width.

kvb

11-06-2010, 12:45 AM

Change the alignment from center to either left or right and the jitter should go away:)

-kvb

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