Demonstrates some of the formatting flags for writing text to the console

 
/*
C# Programming Tips & Techniques
by Charles Wright, Kris Jamsa

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 28, 2001)
ISBN: 0072193794
*/

/*
    Format.cs. Demonstrates some of the formatting flags for writing text
               to the console.

               Compile this program with the following command line:
                   C:>csc format.cs
*/
namespace nsFormat
{
    using System;
    public class Format
    {
        static readonly double e = 2.71828;
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.WriteLine ("Integer dollar amount: {0,0:C}", 3);
            Console.WriteLine ("Floating dollar amount: {0,0:C}", 3.29);
            Console.WriteLine ("Integer value: {0,0:D5}", 1024);
            Console.WriteLine ("Integer value: {0,0:N5}", 1024742);

            Console.WriteLine ("Integer value: {0,0:N}", 1024742);
            Console.WriteLine ("Integer value: {0,0:N5}", 1024742);
            Console.WriteLine ("Integer value: {0,0:X}", 1024742);
            Console.WriteLine ("Floating point e: {0,0:F3}", e);
            Console.WriteLine ("Floating point e: {0,-8:F5}", e);
            Console.WriteLine ("Floating point e: {0,-8:E2}", e);
            Console.WriteLine ("Floating point e: {0,-8:E}", e);
        }
    }
}

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