Scale value output in MapServer CGI

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Greenwood
> Sent: Thursday, 23 December, 2004 23:27
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Scale value output in MapServer CGI
> 
> 
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:08:49 -0500, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] 
> <Tom.Kralidis at ec.gc.ca> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Using MapServer CGI, I currently run the [scale] value through the 
> > JavaScript functions below:
> >
> >   // fix scale values
> >   function fnxRoundNo(i) {
> >     var new_scale;
> >     new_scale = separate(Math.round(i/100)*100, ",");
> >     document.write("Scale 1: " + new_scale);
> >   }
> >
> >   function separate(input, separator) {
> >     var input2 = "" + input;
> >     var output = "";
> >     for (var i=0; i < input2.length; i++) {
> >       if (i != 0 && (input2.length - i) % 3 == 0) output += 
> separator;
> >       output += input2.charAt(i);
> >     }
> >     return output;
> >   }
> >
> > So something like 226787247.360000 is output as: 1: 
> 226,787,200 via: 
> > javascript:fnxRoundNo(226787247.360000);
> >
> > Is there a way to get this from the CGI itself without 
> having to put 
> > through JavaScript?
> 
> Not that I know of.
> 
> >  If no, does anyone think this would be a useful
> > enhancement to MapServer CGI (i.e. addition of [scale_rounded] type 
> > template variable)?
> 
> Yes, seems like it would be useful. Like if you wanted to 
> avoid javascript. But I would think it should be a map file 
> parameter. Why are you thinking template variable?
> 

I'm not sure :)  Perhaps I'm using the incorrect terminology, but my use
case is as you note, to avoid using JavaScript for this.

..Tom


> Regards,
> --
> Richard Greenwood
> richard.greenwood at gmail.com
> www.greenwoodmap.com
>