[ic] Displaying item prices inclusive of sales tax

[Interchange user]

Doh! Talk about a dumb-ass question! Somehow managed to overlook that.

Thanks for the amazingly fast replies.


> > I want to display prices with and without UK tax. Can anyone tell
> > me the best way to do this?
> >
> > The following doesn't work because [item-price] returns a
> > currency character before the price:
> >
> > [calc][item-price] * __TAX_MULTIPLYER__[/calc]
> >
> > If I use [item-price noformat=1], I get a 5 d.p. number, and I
> > would have to display the currency symbol manually.
> >
> > Is there some other way around this, or shall I use Perl?


> How about:
>
> [currency][calc][item-price noformat=1] *
> __TAX_MULTIPLYER__[/calc][/currency]
>
> Jonathan
> Webmaint.


> As you've already discovered, you can display the price without formatting
> by using the noformat=1 option.  To get the currency simbol back in there,
> surround the amount with the [currency] tag.  I.e.,
>
> [currency][calc][item-price] * __TAX_MULTIPLYER__[/calc][/currency]
>
> HTH, HAND,
>
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