Re: [SMARTY-DEV] How to assign the formatted values ?

On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 08:56:21PM +0100, Arjan Scherpenisse EYEFI wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> First of all, you're better off using the regular smarty mailing list 
> (smarty-general) for these kind of questions.
> 
> I'm not sure if you can use modifiers in an assign statement.

you *can* use modifiers in assign statements. and 

{assign var="page_load_time" value=1.7123445}
{assign var="page_load_seconds" value=$page_load_time|string_format:"%.4f"}
{$page_load_seconds}

just works for me as expected.

> There is 
> another way to retrieve similar results, using a {capture} block:
> 
> {capture 
> assign="page_load_seconds"}{$page_load_time|string_format:"%.4f"}{/capture}
> 
> regards,
> Arjan
> 
> James Mao said the following on 14-11-2005 15:47:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a variable $page_load_time, and with value = 1.7123445
> >and in template i wrote:
> >{assign var="page_load_seconds", 

the comma is wrong here. maybe that's the problem.

> >value=$page_load_time|string_format:"%.4f"}
> >
> >but {$page_load_seconds} output nothing, what's wrong here?
> >
> >Anyone can help me ?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >james.