areas

The function area interprets a number as an area and returns that number as a TEXT in the following format; hectares.ares.centiares. It only succeeds if numbers are greater than or equal to zero.

Note

This function takes the input_number to represent square meters. Only use in a metric system.

area ( input_number ) 

The result of this function is of type TEXT; the input_number as an area in a formatted number as TEXT.

This function has one parameter:

1. input_number, type NUMBER. This number will be interpreted as an area and returned as TEXT representing a formatted number.

Example

@( area( 122301 ) ) 

Result: 12,23,01

Note that the construction @ ( ) around the function means that the result of the function is displayed in the text. This construction must be used in a text part of a model document. The switch from ITP mode to text mode in a model document is made with the # characters. An ITP model document starts in text model, the #BEGIN makes the switch to ITP mode.