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Demonstrate PowerShel Formatting
  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. PS C:\Users\tfl> .\get' 
  61. Standard Numeric Format Specifiers 
  62. (C) Currency: . . . . . . . . ($123.00) 
  63. (D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . -123 
  64. (E) Scientific: . . . . . . . -1.234500E+002 
  65. (F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . -123.45 
  66. (G) General:. . . . . . . . . -123 
  67. (default):. .     . . . . . . -123 
  68. (N) Number: . . . . . . . . . -123.00 
  69. (P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . -12,345.00 % 
  70. (R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . -123.45 
  71. (X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . FFFFFF85 
  72.  
  73. Date Format 
  74. (d) Short date: . . . . . . . 12/25/2008 
  75. (D) Long date:. . . . . . . . Thursday, December 25, 2008 
  76. (t) Short time: . . . . . . . 2:05 PM 
  77. (T) Long time:. . . . . . . . 2:05:22 PM 
  78. (f) Full date/short time: . . Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:05 PM 
  79. (F) Full date/long time:. . . Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:05:22 PM 
  80. (g) General date/short time:. 12/25/2008 2:05 PM 
  81. (G) General date/long time: . 12/25/2008 2:05:22 PM 
  82.     (default):. . . . . . . . 12/25/2008 2:05:22 PM 
  83. (M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . December 25 
  84. (R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:05:22 GMT 
  85. (s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . 2008-12-25T14:05:22 
  86. (u) Universal sortable: . . . 2008-12-25 14:05:22Z 
  87. (U) Universal full date/time: Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:05:22 PM 
  88. (Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . December, 2008 
  89.  
  90. Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers 
  91. (G) General:. . . . . . . . . Green 
  92.     (default):. . . . . . . . Green 
  93. (F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . Green 
  94. (D) Decimal number: . . . . . 79 
  95. (X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . 0000004F 
  96. Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers (again) 
  97. (G) General:. . . . . . . . . Gainsboro 
  98.     (default):. . . . . . . . Gainsboro 
  99. (F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . Gainsboro 
  100. (D) Decimal number: . . . . . 74 
  101. (X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . 0000004A 
  102. .EXAMPLE 
  103. PS C:\Users\tfl> Get-Help .\Get-StringFormat2.ps1' 
  104. Left as an exercise for the reader. 
  105. #> 
  106. # 
  107. # 
  108. # 
  109. # Start of script 
  110. # 
  111. #Format a negative integer or floating-point number in various ways. 
  112. "Standard Numeric Format Specifiers" 
  113. "(C) Currency: . . . . . . . . {0:C}" -f -123, -123.45 
  114. "(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . {0:D}" -f -123, -123.45 
  115. "(E) Scientific: . . . . . . . {1:E}" -f -123, -123.45 
  116. "(F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . {1:F}" -f -123, -123.45 
  117. "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}" -f -123, -123.45 
  118. "(default):. .     . . . . . . {0}  " -f -123, -123.45 
  119. "(N) Number: . . . . . . . . . {0:N}" -f -123, -123.45 
  120. "(P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . {1:P}" -f -123, -123.45 
  121. "(R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . {1:R}" -f -123, -123.45 
  122. "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}" -f -123, -123.45 
  123. ""     
  124. # Format the current date in various ways. 
  125. $today = Get-Date 
  126. "Date Format" 
  127. "(d) Short date: . . . . . . . {0:d}" -f $today 
  128. "(D) Long date:. . . . . . . . {0:D}" -f $today 
  129. "(t) Short time: . . . . . . . {0:t}" -f $today 
  130. "(T) Long time:. . . . . . . . {0:T}" -f $today 
  131. "(f) Full date/short time: . . {0:f}" -f $today 
  132. "(F) Full date/long time:. . . {0:F}" -f $today 
  133. "(g) General date/short time:. {0:g}" -f $today 
  134. "(G) General date/long time: . {0:G}" -f $today 
  135. "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} "  -f $today 
  136. "(M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . {0:M}" -f $today 
  137. "(R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . {0:R}" -f $today 
  138. "(s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . {0:s}" -f $today 
  139. "(u) Universal sortable: . . . {0:u}" -f $today 
  140. "(U) Universal full date/time: {0:U}" -f $today 
  141. "(Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . {0:Y}" -f $today 
  142. "" 
  143. # Format a Color enumeration value in various ways. 
  144. "Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers" 
  145. "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}" -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
  146. "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0}"   -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
  147. "(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . {0:F} " -f [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
  148. "(D) Decimal number: . . . . . {0:D} " -f [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
  149. "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}" -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Green 
  150. "Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers (again)" 
  151. "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}" -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
  152. "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0}"   -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
  153. "(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . {0:F} " -f [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
  154. "(D) Decimal number: . . . . . {0:D} " -f [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
  155. "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}" -f  [system.Drawing.KnownColor]::Gainsboro 
This script implements an MSDN sample on .NET Formatting using PowerShell.

Comments

Thomas Lee wrote re: Demonstrate PowerShel Formatting
on 12-27-2008 10:06 AM

Sure would be nice to be able to fix the typo in the header.

Any chance of an edit feature?

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