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Far_Pen_6884 · 08-03-2025, 04:40 PM

I'm attempting to display word_count with "K" and "M" suffixes for thousands and millions, respectively. However, I'm encountering an issue saying "TEMPLATE ERROR could not convert string to float". How can I fix the template to work as intended?

Code:

program:
  switch(
    field('#word_count') >= 1000000, format_number(field('#word_count') / 1000000, '{:.1f}') + ' M',
    field('#word_count') >= 1000, format_number(field('#word_count') / 1000, '{:.1f}') + ' K',
    field('#word_count')
  )

Another question. If I were to ask this on Codidact or StackOverflow, what tags should I use? Should I tag it as `calibre template`, or is there a programming language that uses the same syntax that I should tag instead?

08-03-2025, 04:40 PM	#852
Far_Pen_6884 Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2025 Device: paperwhite	I'm attempting to display word_count with "K" and "M" suffixes for thousands and millions, respectively. However, I'm encountering an issue saying "TEMPLATE ERROR could not convert string to float". How can I fix the template to work as intended? Code: program: switch( field('#word_count') >= 1000000, format_number(field('#word_count') / 1000000, '{:.1f}') + ' M', field('#word_count') >= 1000, format_number(field('#word_count') / 1000, '{:.1f}') + ' K', field('#word_count') ) Another question. If I were to ask this on Codidact or StackOverflow, what tags should I use? Should I tag it as `calibre template`, or is there a programming language that uses the same syntax that I should tag instead?