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At many places our components having FormatMask property. When this property is used to format number, we are using standard Delphi/CBuilder FormatFloat function.

Since we ofter have requeststs abot this functions, please read bellow for full examples about using this property.

Example:

FormatMask := '#,##0.00';

for number 12345 will return

12,345.00

Full llist:

Format string-		1234		-1234		0.5		0
			1234		-1234		0.5		0
0			1234		-1234		1		0
0.00 			1234.00		-1234.00	0.50		0.00
#.##  			1234		-1234		.5	
#,##0.00		1,234.00	-1,234.00	0.50		0.00
#,##0.00;(#,##0.00)	1,234.00	(1,234.00)	0.50		0.00
#,##0.00;;Zero 		1,234.00	-1,234.00	0.50		Zero
0.000E 00   		1.234E 03	-1.234E 03	5.000E-01	0.000E 00
#.###E-0  		1.234E3		-1.234E3	5E-1		0E0

For more details please look for FormatFloat function inside Delphi help.