Formatting

NLT makes it easy to display numbers, dates, and text in polished, reader-friendly formats. Just add a formatting modifier after your variable and the engine handles the rest.

Currency

Format any number as a currency amount using as "currency". By default, it formats as US dollars:

{the user's Balance, as "currency"}

To use a different currency, add the currency code after currency:

{the user's Balance, as "currency EUR"}

{the user's Balance, as "currency JPY"}

Numbers are automatically formatted with thousands separators. For example, 1234.5 becomes $1,234.50.

Supported Currencies

Percentage

Format numbers as percentages using as "percentage":

{the user's Score, as "percentage"}

{the user's Rate, as "percentage"}

Dates

Date Presets

NLT includes three built-in date formats:

{the user's Signup Date, as "short date"}

{the user's Signup Date, as "long date"}

{the user's Last Login, as "time"}

Custom Date Formats

Build your own date format using these tokens:

{the user's Date, as "DD MMM YYYY"}

{the user's Date, as "DD/MM/YYYY"}

{the user's Date, as "MMMM D, YYYY"}

{the user's Date, as "HH:mm A"}

Text Transforms

Change the casing of any text value:

{the user's Name, uppercase}

{the user's Name, titlecase}

{the user's Name, capitalize}

Rounding

Round numbers to a specific number of decimal places:

{the user's Score, round 2}

{the user's Rating, round 0}

Truncation

Shorten long text to a maximum number of characters, with an automatic ... added:

{the user's Bio, truncate 50}

Combining Formats

You can combine formatting with other modifiers like math operations:

{the user's Subtotal times 1.08, as "currency"}

{the user's Price times 0.85, as "currency EUR"}