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format
Binds values of execution context to a parameterized string value. Parameters in the string should be surrounded by { and }.
input |format (ncv)
- ncv: A Native Complex Value that supplies values for text parameters (Optional)
Example:
name:= "John"
'hello {name}'|format ()
Result: hello John
The name is a parameter with a predefined value, John. Therefore, it's used in the format.
Example: '{name} is cool!'|format ({name:'FlexRule'})
Result: FlexRule is cool!
formatDate
Format a date to a string value with a specific display format. It will return the formatted value as a string
input |formatDate (format)
- input (Date): Date that needs to be formatted
- format: Below is the list of formatters that can be used:
- year: y yy yyy yyyy
- month: M MM MMM MMMM
- day: d dd ddd dddd
- hour: h hh H HH
- minute: m mm
- second: s ss
- AM/PM: t tt
Example: today()|formatDate (dd/MM/yyyy)
Result: 04/12/2020
Example: '4/12/2020 12:00:00 AM'|asDate()|formatDate (dd/MMMM)
Result: 04/December
Example: '13:45'|asDate()|formatDate (hh:mm:ss tt)
Result: 01:45:00 PM
formatNumber
Format a numeric value.
input |formatNumber (format)
- input (Number): Number that needs to be formatted
- format: Format of the numbers
Example: 12323d|formatNumber (#,##.00)
Result: 12,323.00