Get-Formatstring2.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     Demonstrates string formatting using Powershell 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script formats 2 numbers in a variety of ways, also 
6.     formats an enum. 
7.     An adaptation of the C# sample in the MSDN Library. However, 
8.     this script uses a built-in enum, and displays two. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     Author   : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11. .INPUTTYPE 
12.    This script has no effective parameters. 
13. .RETURNVALUE 
14.    This script produces output as shown in the example 
15. .LINK 
16.     http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fht0f5be.aspx 
17.     http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com  
18. .EXAMPLE 
19. PS C:\foo> . 'Get-StringFormat2.ps1' 
20. (C) Currency: . . . . . . . . ($123.00) 
21. (D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . -123 
22. (E) Scientific: . . . . . . . -1.234500E+002 
23. (F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . -123.45 
24. (G) General:. . . . . . . . . -123 
25. (default):. .     . . . . . . -123 
26. (N) Number: . . . . . . . . . -123.00 
27. (P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . -12,345.00 % 
28. (R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . -123.45 
29. (X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . FFFFFF85 
30.  
31. Date Format 
32. (d) Short date: . . . . . . . 12/25/2008 
33. (D) Long date:. . . . . . . . Thursday, December 25, 2008 
34. (t) Short time: . . . . . . . 2:12 PM 
35. (T) Long time:. . . . . . . . 2:12:55 PM 
36. (f) Full date/short time: . . Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:12 PM 
37. (F) Full date/long time:. . . Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:12:55 PM 
38. (g) General date/short time:. 12/25/2008 2:12 PM 
39. (G) General date/long time: . 12/25/2008 2:12:55 PM 
40.     (default):. . . . . . . . 12/25/2008 2:12:55 PM 
41. (M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . December 25 
42. (R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:12:55 GMT 
43. (s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . 2008-12-25T14:12:55 
44. (u) Universal sortable: . . . 2008-12-25 14:12:55Z 
45. (U) Universal full date/time: Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:12:55 PM 
46. (Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . December, 2008 
47.  
48. Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers 
49. (G) General:. . . . . . . . . Green 
50.     (default):. . . . . . . . Green 
51. (F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . Green 
52. (D) Decimal number: . . . . . 79 
53. (X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . 0000004F 
54. Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers (again) 
55. (G) General:. . . . . . . . . Gainsboro 
56.     (default):. . . . . . . . Gainsboro 
57. (F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . Gainsboro 
58. (D) Decimal number: . . . . . 74 
59. (X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . 0000004A 
60. .EXAMPLE 
61. PS C:\Users\tfl> Get-Help .\Get-StringFormat2.ps1' 
62. Left as an exercise for the reader. 
63. #> 
65. ## 
66. # Start of script 
67. # #
68. #Format a negative integer or floating-point number in various ways. 
69. "Standard Numeric Format Specifiers" 
70. "(C) Currency: . . . . . . . . {0:C}" -f -123, -123.45 
71. "(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . {0:D}" -f -123, -123.45 
72. "(E) Scientific: . . . . . . . {1:E}" -f -123, -123.45 
73. "(F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . {1:F}" -f -123, -123.45 
74. "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}" -f -123, -123.45 
75. "(default):. .     . . . . . . {0}  " -f -123, -123.45 
76. "(N) Number: . . . . . . . . . {0:N}" -f -123, -123.45 
77. "(P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . {1:P}" -f -123, -123.45 
78. "(R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . {1:R}" -f -123, -123.45 
79. "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}" -f -123, -123.45 
80. ""     
81. # Format the current date in various ways. 
82. $today = Get-Date 
83. "Date Format" 
84. "(d) Short date: . . . . . . . {0:d}" -f $today 
85. "(D) Long date:. . . . . . . . {0:D}" -f $today 
86. "(t) Short time: . . . . . . . {0:t}" -f $today 
87. "(T) Long time:. . . . . . . . {0:T}" -f $today 
88. "(f) Full date/short time: . . {0:f}" -f $today 
89. "(F) Full date/long time:. . . {0:F}" -f $today 
90. "(g) General date/short time:. {0:g}" -f $today 
91. "(G) General date/long time: . {0:G}" -f $today 
92. "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} "  -f $today 
93. "(M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . {0:M}" -f $today 
94. "(R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . {0:R}" -f $today 
95. "(s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . {0:s}" -f $today 
96. "(u) Universal sortable: . . . {0:u}" -f $today 
97. "(U) Universal full date/time: {0:U}" -f $today 
98. "(Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . {0:Y}" -f $today 
99. "" 
100. # Format a Color enumeration value in various ways. 
101. "Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers" 
102. "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}" -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
103. "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0}"   -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
104. "(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . {0:F} " -f [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
105. "(D) Decimal number: . . . . . {0:D} " -f [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
106. "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}" -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
107. "Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers (again)" 
108. "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}" -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
109. "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0}"   -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
110. "(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . {0:F} " -f [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
111. "(D) Decimal number: . . . . . {0:D} " -f [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
112. "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}" -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro
113. # End of Script

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