# Simple number Format Question
**URL:** https://forum.servoy.com/t/simple-number-format-question/2337
**Category:** Classic Servoy
**Created:** [July 26, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/simple-number-format-question/2337 "2004-07-26T18:55:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ebrandt](https://forum.servoy.com/u/ebrandt)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/simple-number-format-question/2337/1 "2004-07-26T18:55:44Z")
I want a user to enter an amount that could have a different amount or charcters.
Example
10 or 10.46 or 100.46 or 1000.23
When I have the format set to a particular format $#.00-|#.##
I can only enter the format with the amount of characters set by the display format
I can enter 5.00 and it displays $5.00,
If I enter 10.00, there is an error.
I want the user to enter whatever amount they want, and have it display a leading currency sign and two 2 decimal places. I am sure I could use the same field with a different display and create a hide / on edit method. It seems that there is an easierway to do this without creating a method and multiple fields.
Thanks for the help
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### Author:  [@Harjo](https://forum.servoy.com/u/Harjo)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/simple-number-format-question/2337/2 "2004-07-26T19:29:08Z")
Try this
```auto
$ #,##0.00|#,##0.00
```
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### Author:  [@ebrandt](https://forum.servoy.com/u/ebrandt)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/simple-number-format-question/2337/3 "2004-07-26T19:33:00Z")
Thank you, maybe I need to find a new profession.