Get-Format1.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     Demonstrates simple string formatting using Powershell 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script formats 5 numbers in Decimal, Hex and Currency and is 
6.     an adaptation of the C# sample in the MSDN Library 
7. .NOTES 
8.     Author   : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9. .INPUTTYPE 
10.    This script has no effective parameters. 
11. .RETURNVALUE 
12.    This script produces a short table of output, as shown in the Example. 
13. .LINK 
14.     http:////msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fht0f5be.aspx 
15.     http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.    PS C:\foo> .\Get-StringFormat1.ps1  
18.    Decimal         Hex        Currency 
19.     -32768:       8000   ($32,768.00) 
20.        -27:   FFFFFFE5       ($27.00) 
21.          0:          0          $0.00 
22.       1042:        412      $1,042.00 
23.      32767:       7FFF     $32,767.00 
24. #> 
25.  
26. # Create an array of values to display 
27. $values = [Int16]::MinValue, -27, 0, 1042, [Int16]::maxValue 
28.  
29. # Print header line then values 
30.  "{0,10}  {1,10}  {2,14}" -f "Decimal", "Hex", "Currency" 
31. foreach ($value in $values) { 
32.     "{0,10:G}: {0,10:X} {0,14:C}" -f $value 
33. } 

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