Programming Gambas from Zip/Formatting

Formatting These examples may vary depending on the regional settings on your computer (for time, date and currency). Formatting Numbers Example: Label1.text = Format(123456.789, ",#.00") shows as 123,456.79 Format(123456.789) shows as if you used gb.Standard http://Gambaswiki.org/wiki/cat/constant Formatting Constants gb.StandardUses gb.GeneralNumber for formatting numbers and gb.GeneralDate for formatting dates and times.gb.GeneralNumberWrites a number with twelve decimal digits. Uses scientific format if its absolute value is lower than 10-4 (0.0001) or greater than 107 (1 million).gb.FixedEquivalent to "0.00"gb.PercentEquivalent to "###%"gb.ScientificWrite a number with its exponent (power of ten) and eighteen decimal digits. Symbols in the Format Strings Symbols other than these print as they appear. For example, $ prints as is. + Print the sign of the number.Format(Pi, "+#.###")+3.142- Print the sign of the number only if it is negative.Format(Pi, "-#.###")3.142# Print a digit only if necessary. One # before the decimal point is all that is needed. After the decimal point, as many #’s as you want decimal places.Format(123.456789, "#.###")123.4570 Always print a digit, padding with a zero if necessary.Format(24.5, "$#.00")$24.50. Print the decimal pointFormat(123.456, "#.0")123.5, Separate the thousandsFormat(1234567890, "#,") Format(1234567890, ",#")1,234,567,890% Multiply the number by 100 and print a percent sign.Format(0.25, "#%")25%E This is Scientific Notation, which is “Something-times-ten-to-the-power-of-something”. “E” means “times ten to the power of...” 1.2E+3 means "Start with 1.200, then move the decimal point three places to the right (get bigger x 1000) to become 1200." Negative numbers after the “E” mean move the decimal point to the left.Format(1234.5, "#.#E##") Format(0.1234, "#.#E##")1.2E+3 1.2E-1$The national currency symbol (according to the country as set on your computer)Format(-1234.56, "$,#.###")-$1,234.56$$The international currency symbol (according to the country as set on your computer)Format(-1234.56, "$$,#.###")-AUD 1,234.56( )Negative numbers represented with brackets, which is what finance people use.Format(-123.4, "($$,#.00)")(AUD 123.40) Formatting Dates Example: Format(Now, gb.Standard) shows as 10/07/2019 21:07:26 Formatting Constants gb.GeneralDate Write a date only if the date and time value has a date part, and write a time only if it has a date part. Writes nothing for a null date or a short time when there is no date, and writes the date and time for all other cases.Format(Now, gb.GeneralDate) is 10/07/2019 21:17:45gb.Standard Uses gb.GeneralNumber for formatting numbers and gb.GeneralDate for formatting dates and times.10/07/2019 21:20:45gb.LongDate Long date formatWednesday 10 July 2019gb.MediumDate Medium date format10 Jul 2019gb.ShortDate Short date format10/07/2019gb.LongTime Long time format21:22:35gb.MediumTime Medium time format09:23 PMgb.ShortTime Short time format21:23 Format String Symbols Label1.text = Format(Now, "dddd dd/mm/yyyy hh:nn:ss") shows as Tuesday 09/07/2019 20:45:13 yy The year in two digitsh The houryyyy The year in four digitshh The hour in two digits. m The monthn The minutes. mm The month in two digits. nn The minutes in two digitsmmm Abbreviated month s The secondsmmmm Full name of the month ss The seconds in two digitsd The day : The time separatordd The day in two digitsu A point and the milliseconds, if non-zeroddd Abbreviated weekdayuu A point and the milliseconds in three digits. dddd Full name of the weekday t The timezone alphabetic abbreviation/ The date separatortt The timezone in HHMM formatAM/PM The AM or PM symbol Formatting Currency For the symbols in a format string, see above (numbers). gb.Currency Uses the national currency symbol.Format(14.50, gb.Currency) shows as $ 14.5gb.International Uses the international currency symbol. Format(14.50, gb.International) shows as AUD 14.5 DataTypes OperatorPrecedence