string-formatting

When formatting a string, my string may contain a modulo "%" that I do not wish to have converted. I can escape the string and change each "%" to "%%" as a workaround. e.g., 'Day old bread, 50%% sale %s' % 'today!' output: 'Day old bread, 50% sale today' But are there any alternatives to escaping? I was hoping that using a dict would make it so Python would ignore any non-keyword conversions. e.g., 'Day old bread, 50% sale %(when)s' % {'when': 'today'} but Python still sees the first modulo % and gives a: TypeError: not enough arguments for format string You could (and should) use the new

Consider string.Format() whose parameters are a string and, among others in the overload list, an object[] or many objects. This statement succeeds: string foo = string.Format("{0} {1}", 5, 6); as does this: object[] myObjs = new object[] {8,9}; string baz = string.Format("{0} and {1}", myObjs; as does an array of strings: string[] myStrings = new string[] {"abc", "xyz"}; string baz = string.Format("{0} {1}", myStrings); It seems that the integers, when specified individually, can be boxed or coerced to type object , which in turn is coerced to a string. This statement fails at runtime . int[]

I got this problem with double (decimals). When a double = 1.234567 Then I use String.format("%.3f", myString); So the result is 1.234 But when my double is 10 The result will be 10,000 I want this to be 10 Is their a way to say that he only needs to show the decimals when it is "usefull"? I saw some posts about this, but that was php or c#, couldn't find something for android/java about this (maybe I don't look good). Hope you guys can help me out with this. Edit, for now I use something like this: myString.replace(",000", ""); But I think their is a more "friendly" code for this. The

I'm to get a custom DateTime format including the AM/PM designator, but I want the "AM" or "PM" to be lowercase without making the rest of of the characters lowercase. Is this possible using a single format and without using a regex? Here's what I've got right now: item.PostedOn.ToString("dddd, MMMM d, yyyy a\\t h:mmtt") An example of the output right now would be Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 1:34PM I would personally format it in two parts: the non-am/pm part, and the am/pm part with ToLower: string formatted = item.PostedOn.ToString("dddd, MMMM d, yyyy a\\t h:mm") + item.PostedOn.ToString(

Recently I stumbled upon CONVERT function style 23, which is very handy as it gives you DATE in format yyyy-mm-dd . The problem is that it's not documented in msdn! (link from SSMS help after F1 on CONVERT: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187928%28SQL.105%29.aspx ). Example: select convert( date ,'2012-01-30', 23) select convert(varchar(255), getdate(), 23) This style is very useful and I've been missing it, but my concerns are: - Is it safe to use? Is it deprecated or sneak in by mistake and may be removed in future editions / updates? - Does anybody know of other hidden styles?

I am using String.Format("{0:C2}", -1234) to format numbers. It always formats the amount to a positive number, while I want it to become $ - 1234 Am I right in saying it's putting it in brackets, i.e. it's formatting it as ($1,234.00) ? If so, I believe that's the intended behaviour for the US. However, you can create your own NumberFormatInfo which doesn't behave this way. Take an existing NumberFormatInfo which is "mostly right", call Clone() to make a mutable copy, and then set the CurrencyNegativePattern appropriately (I think you want value 2). For example: using System; using System

I've noticed the following inconsistency in C#/.NET. I was wondering why it is so. Console.WriteLine("{0,-4:#.0} | {1,-4:#.0}", 1.04, Math.Round(1.04, 1)); Console.WriteLine("{0,-4:#.0} | {1,-4:#.0}", 1.05, Math.Round(1.05, 1)); Console.WriteLine("{0,-4:#.0} | {1,-4:#.0}", 1.06, Math.Round(1.06, 1)); Console.WriteLine("{0,-4:#.0} | {1,-4:#.0}", 1.14, Math.Round(1.14, 1)); Console.WriteLine("{0,-4:#.0} | {1,-4:#.0}", 1.15, Math.Round(1.15, 1)); Console.WriteLine("{0,-4:#.0} | {1,-4:#.0}", 1.16, Math.Round(1.16, 1)); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("{0,-4:#.0} | {1,-4:#.0}", 1.04, Math