Show-Formatting1.ps1

1. <#
2. .SYNOPSIS
3. MSDN Sample Recoded in PowerShell demonstrating formatting
4. .DESCRIPTION
5. This sample recodes an MSDN Sample into PowerShell that
6. shows some of the options of formatting using ToString() and
7. various .NET formatting strings
8. .NOTES
9. File Name : Show-Formatting1.ps1
10. Author : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
11. Requires : PowerShell Version 2.0
12. .LINK
13. This script posted to:
14. http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
15. MSDN sample posted to:
16. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0c899ak8.aspx
17. .EXAMPLE
18. Psh> .\Show-Formatting1.ps1\
19. 00123
20. 1.20
21. 01.20
22. 01,20
23. 0.6
24. 1,234,567,890
25. 1.234.567.890
26. 1,234,567,890.1
27. 1,234.57
28. #>
30. ## Start script
32. [double] $value = 123;
33. $value.ToString("00000")
34. # Displays 00123
36. $value = 1.2;
37. $value.ToString("0.00", [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture)
38. # Displays 1.20
40. $value.ToString("00.00",[System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture)
41. # Displays 01.20
43. $value.ToString("00.00",
44. [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CreateSpecificCulture("da-DK"))
45. # Displays 01,20
47. $value = .56
48. $value.ToString("0.0", [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture)
49. # Displays 0.6
51. $value = 1234567890
52. $value.ToString("0,0", [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture)
53. # Displays 1,234,567,890
55. $value.ToString("0,0",
56. [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CreateSpecificCulture("el-GR"))
57. # Displays 1.234.567.890
59. $value = 1234567890.123456;
60. $value.ToString("0,0.0", [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture)
61. # Displays 1,234,567,890.1
63. $value = 1234.567890;
64. $value.ToString("0,0.00", [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture)
65. # Displays 1,234.57

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