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Posted on by 28

Good evening 

 

I'm currently undergoing a crash course in power Apps and i've run up against a brick wall.  one of the tutorials wants me to input the following formula to put the prefix '£' infront of a number to reflect the currency (obv) and it's utterly refusing to work.  any insights would be appreciated, i've had a number of formulas 'fail' today with this same error msg and a seemingly sound expression.

 

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(ThisItem.Price, "£##.00")

 

Formula from tutorial = 

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the only thing i've changed is i've subsituted the $ for a £, and i've tried replacing the , for a ; encase i've got a language/region issue but it had the same result.

 

fingerscrossed someone has a min to help 

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    RandyHayes Profile Picture
    76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @JCJudge 

    Yes, the Text function will not accept that £ character in it.

    Instead, change your formula to:  "£" & Text(ThisItem.Price, "#0.00")

     

    I hope this is helpful for you.

  • JCJudge Profile Picture
    28 on at

    Thanks Randy thats worked a treat! much appreciated 😉

  • RandyHayes Profile Picture
    76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @JCJudge 

    Happy to help!

  • BCBuizer Profile Picture
    22,854 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi @JCJudge ,

     

    Just noticed that you forgot to type the Text function itself. 

    BCBuizer_1-1665004611343.png

     

    It works just fine with a pound symbol:

     

    BCBuizer_0-1665004581805.png

     

  • RandyHayes Profile Picture
    76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @BCBuizer 

    Yes, it works fine in the designer - but some years back it caused an issue in the published version.

    Perhaps fixed now!?  But...burned once is bad enough!! 😉

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