Abbreviate Numbers with one line of code!

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#43

Dude, please make your own topic or flag it.

#44

That’s why I wrote in one line… No one wants to understand so I can’t really do anything.

#45

You did it some things wrong. Lemme rectify.

local number = 100000

local short = {"", "K", "M", "B", "T"} -- Add more

local function abbrievateNum()
local str = tostring(math.floor(number))
local substr = string.sub(str, 1, ((#str+2)%3) + 1)
local abbrievation = short[tonumber(((#str-1)/3)) +1]
print(substr..abbrievation)
return substr..abbrievation
end

workspace.Baseplate.Touched:Connect(abbreviateNum)
#46

Now it’s growing an error:
attempt to concatenate string with nil

#47

I was actually kind of force for the sake of readibility, but if I apply my real code, it would be way more faster. The recent code I wrote is for the sake of readibility, I forgot to state but you need to use the original code for it to be faster.

#48

Uhh…I can rectify this by tomorrow because I’ll open my pc tom.

#49

Sorry, but your original code errors. String manipulation will always be slower than maths though.

local short = {"", "K", "M", "B", "T"} -- Add more

local function abbrievateNum(number)
local str = tostring(math.floor(number))
return string.sub(str, 1, ((#str+2)%3) + 1)..short[tonumber(((#str-1)/3)) +1]
end

print(abbrievateNum(10))

Error:5: attempt to concatenate string with nil
stack backtrace:
5 function abbrievateNum
#50

Yep, sorry, I’ll rectify it by tom, I haven’t actually tested it.

#51

Okay, it’s something that happens, just make sure next time you do this test it before posting

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#52

Ok, so it’s actually a weird thing, the code itself is good, it does concatenate, but as you chose the number 10, it’s maybe in decimals, so I need to make it whole number. If you choose numbers greater than 3 digits, it works perfectly, I’ll convert decimal into a number

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#53

Thanks! Sorry for answering so late, also do you have any updates?

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#54

Yes, I actually fixed up everything and everything works perfectly!

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