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TextHelpers
ThesearetheFormatHelpersthatcanbeusedwithtext.
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lowerCasetransformsallcharacterstolowercase.
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upperCasetransformsallcharacterstouppercase.
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properCasetransformsthefirstcharacterofeachwordtouppercaseandallothercharactersto
lowercase.
NumberHelpers
ThefollowingFormatHelpersworkwithnumbers,i.e.datafieldsofthetypeCurrency,Floatand
Integer.
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currencyformatsanumberasanamountofmoney,withacurrencysymbol.
Optionally,youcanspecifyacustompattern.Putthepatternafterthenameofthedatafield,and
encloseitindoublequotes.
Example: {{currencyTotal"#.0"}}
Foravailablepatterns,see"Numberpatterns"onpage741.
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currencyNoSymbolformatsanumberasacurrencywhilstomittingthecurrencysymbol.
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groupedformatsanumberusingathousandsseparator.
Note: WhichcurrencysymbolandwhichthousandsseparatorareuseddependsontheLocale;
see"Locale"onpage295.
DateandtimeHelpers
ThefollowingFormatHelpersworkwithdates.Adatecancontainadateandtime.
NotethatthisrequiresthedatafieldtobeofthetypeDate.TheseHelpersdon'tworkwithplaintext.
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dateformatsadateobjectusingacustompattern.Putthepatternafterthenameofthedata
field,andencloseitindoublequotes.
Thecustompatternmayconsistofpatternletters,separatingsymbolsandquotedtext,for
example:"MMMMdd,yyyy";see"Dateandtimepatterns"onpage725.
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dateLongformatsadateaslongstringrepresentation,forexampleApril 1, 2022.
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dateMediumformatsadateasmediumstringrepresentation,forexampleApr 1, 2022.
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dateShortformatsadateasshortstringrepresentation,forexample4-1-2022.
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