VirtualString.Format(String) Method

Description

Converts the number held by the calling VirtualString into a string based on the format specifiers given by formatString. The format specifiers are standard C/C++ specifiers as used with the sprintf function. The Format method converts a double precision floating point value to a string; the IFormat method should be used to convert an integer value to a string.

The format is specified using the syntax shown below. Each field is a single character or a number signifying a particular format option. The flag(s), width, precision, and length are optional. The simplest format specifications contain only the percent sign and a type character (for example, "%f"). For more information, see the Parsing Arbitrary String Data reference.

%[flags][width][.precision][length]type

Type	Description	Use With
d or i	Signed decimal integer	IFormat
u	Unsigned decimal integer	IFormat
o	Unsigned octal integer	IFormat
x or X	Unsigned hexadecimal integer (lowercase or uppercase)	IFormat
f	Decimal floating point	Format
e or E	Scientific notation (lowercase or uppercase)	Format
g or G	The shorter representation of decimal floating point or scientific notation (lowercase or uppercase)	Format
a or A	Hexadecimal floating point (lowercase or uppercase)	Format
c	Character	IFormat
s	String of characters	Format

Timing Precision Mode

This page describes functionality in nanosecond timing precision mode.

Method Signature

VirtualString.Format(

String formatString)

Arguments

formatString
Description:	Format specifier to use when converting the calling VirtualString into a String. The format specifiers are standard C/C++ specifiers as used with the sprintf function.

Return Value

Type:

string

Returns a String containing the converted version of the calling VirtualString.

Syntax

myString1 = myString2.ToLower.Format(myString3);