I'm sure there are many ways to do this, I'm not in front of my box right now but both these should work.

To get the 2 decimal places you can use the toFixed(2) expression.

sVal = "0" + sVal.toFixed(2);

To get the leading 0 you could modify the line of code to:

if (sVal < 10) {sVal = "0" + sVal.toFixed(2) } else {sVal =  sVal.toFixed(2)};

I think I have the syntax right, but if not it might be pointer in the right direction.

Phil

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:41 PM, James Culbertson <albion@speakeasy.net> wrote:

I am linking one layers rotation to a text layers source text.

How do I modify the simple expression to limit the decimal to two places, and at the same time make all integers two digits so 0 - 9 are 00, 01, 02,...?

Something like this but that adds two decimal places to the number:

//--Expression begins
nums = thisComp.layer("shape").transform.rotation;
amtOfZeroes = 2;
//--Do not modify below this line
isNeg = false;
if(nums < 0)
{
nums = Math.abs( nums );
isNeg = true;
}
sVal = Math.round( nums ) + "";
while(sVal.length < amtOfZeroes)
{
sVal = "0" + sVal;
}
if(isNeg)
sVal = "-" + sVal;

sVal
//--Expression ends


Thanks, James


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