# How to display only four decimal places with actionscript 3.0

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 15, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-only-four-decimal-places-with-actionscript-3-0/304850 "2010-02-15T14:25:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-only-four-decimal-places-with-actionscript-3-0/304850/1 "2010-02-15T14:25:13Z")

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Hi,  
How can I tell flash to use only four decimal places when a number is display in a textField?  
Something like this:

> 2.2356 , 0.2538, 0.2968, 0.0001 etc.

Instead of infinite numbers:

> 2.23565985… , 0.2538486…

Thanks a lot.