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Description

Returns an expression formatted as a percentage (multiplied by 100) with a trailing % character.

Syntax

FormatPercent(Expression[,NumDigitsAfterDecimal [,IncludeLeadingDigit [,UseParensForNegativeNumbers [,GroupDigits]]]])

The FormatPercent function syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
Expression	Required. Expression to be formatted.
NumDigitsAfterDecimal	Optional. Numeric value indicating how many places to the right of the decimal are displayed. Default value is -1, which indicates that the computer's regional settings are used.
IncludeLeadingDigit	Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not a leading zero is displayed for fractional values. See Settings section for values.
UseParensForNegativeNumbers	Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not to place negative values within parentheses. See Settings section for values.
GroupDigits	Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not numbers are grouped using the group delimiter specified in the control panel. See Settings section for values.

Settings

The IncludeLeadingDigit, UseParensForNegativeNumbers, and GroupDigits arguments have the following settings:

Constant	Value	Description
TristateTrue	-1	True
TristateFalse	0	False
TristateUseDefault	-2	Use the setting from the computer's regional settings.

Remarks

When one or more optional arguments are omitted, the values for the omitted arguments are provided by the computer's regional settings.

Note  All settings information comes from the Regional Settings Number tab.