printf inside email message

[CanMan2004]

Hi all

I have a webpage which does a number of calculations, such as VAT % and so on, when I print any number value of any of the calculations, I use

[code]printf ("%.2f", $query);[/code]

and that formats the calculated value, such as 452.34, which is great. If I use just print the query such as

[code]print $query;[/code]

then I get a value such as 452.3423

What I want to do is to create an email message which gets sent out with some of the values on it, to add content to the email message im writting, I have to put it between

[code]$message .= "";[/code]

How can I put the printf code inbetween my email message tags?

The result should look like

[code]$message .= printf ("%.2f", $query);[/code]

but that gives me an error.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance

Dave

[matto]

I think you are looking for number_format()

[url=http://nz2.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php]http://nz2.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php[/url]

printf() is used to print and format - looks like you just want to format the number and assign it to the $message variable.....

;)

[spfoonnewb]

Make it equal to a varaible, and send the variable?

[code]<?php

$query = "383828";

$messageinfo = printf ("%.2f", $query);

$message = "This is your number... $messageinfo";

mail('[email protected]', 'My Subject', $message);

?>[/code]

[CanMan2004]

thanks