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Prompt message decimal points

Is there a way to decide how many decimal points to display when using PV from a CM in a prompt message? 

Right now im getting 8 dp's in my prompt when the CM itself only uses 2. Does this have to do with my expression or is it something in the CM that needs to be changed? 

Alvin Karlsson
  • Matt Forbis
    It's not the easiest. You have to make sure there are no extra digits in the number for it to truncate during display. What we do is the following:

    ((ROUND('^/<Parameter to Display>' * <Decimals>)) / (<Decimals>)) where <Decimals> is equal to 10 ^ the number of decimal points, e.g., 100 for 2 decimal points. This is literally multiplying the part to we want as an integer and then removing all the decimals and then dividing back down.

    Strange looking, but it works.

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