GetCoinText

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Breaks up an amount of money into gold/silver/copper.

formattedAmount = GetCoinText(amount [, separator])

Arguments

amount

number - the amount of money in copper (for example, the return value from GetMoney)

separator

string? - a string to insert between the formatted amounts of currency, if there is more than one type

Returns

formattedAmount

string - a (presumably localized) string suitable for printing or displaying

Example

• GetMoney()

local money = GetMoney()
local gold = floor(money / 1e4)
local silver = floor(money / 100 % 100)
local copper = money % 100
print(("You have %dg %ds %dc"):format(gold, silver, copper))
-- You have 10851g 62s 40c

• GetCoinText(amount [, separator])

print(GetCoinText(GetMoney()))    -- "10851 Gold, 62 Silver, 40 Copper"
print(GetCoinText(12345678, " ")) -- "1234 Gold 23 Silver 45 Copper"
print(GetCoinText(12345678, "X")) -- "1234 GoldX23 SilverX45 Copper"

• GetMoneyString(amount [, separateThousands])

print(GetMoneyString(12345678))
print(GetMoneyString(12345678, true))

1234 56 78
1,234 56 78

• GetCoinTextureString(amount [, fontHeight])

print(GetCoinTextureString(1234578))
print(GetCoinTextureString(1234578, 24))

1234 56 78
1234 56 78