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Appendix C - Xstudio properties

Formatting numbers

The following table contains symbols that you can use to format numbers.

Time - AM/PM

Displays the hour, minutes, and AM/PM
(hh:mm:AM/PM).
Defaults to AM if no time of day is entered.

4:00 becomes 04:00 AM.
4.00 pm becomes 04:00 PM.

Time - 12 hour

Displays the hour and minutes.

4:00 becomes 04:00.

Time - 24 hour

Displays the hour and minutes according to the
twenty-four hour clock (hh:mm).

4:00 pm becomes 16:00.

Short Date

Uses the Short Date format specified by the user’s
system settings (mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy).

May 9 2002 becomes
(depending on your system’s
settings) 5/09/11.

Long Date

Uses the Long Date format specified by the user’s
system settings (e.g. mmmm dd, yyyy).

May 9 2002 becomes
(depending on your system’s
settings) May 9, 2011.

Celsius

Adds the Celsius symbol to the number entered.

28 becomes 28

°C

.

Fahrenheit

Adds the Fahrenheit symbol to the number entered.

82 becomes 82

°

F.

Symbol

Result

Example

0

Digit placeholder that prints a trailing or
leading zero, if appropriate.

If you entered 000.00 in the
Format row, 14 would become
014.00.

#

Digit placeholder; never prints trailing or
leading zero.

If you entered ###.## in the
Format row, 14 would become 14.
in the output (the decimal after 14
will be displayed). If you entered
###.00, 14 would become 14.00.

.

Decimal placeholder.

If you entered #.00 in the Format
row, 14 would become 14.00.

,

Thousands separator.

If you entered #,### in the Format
row, 35987 would become 35,987.

- + $, ¥ () space (etc.)

Literal characters. These are displayed
exactly as entered in the Format row.

If you entered $###.00 in the
Format row, 14 would become
$14.00.

Format

Result

Example

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