Demonstrate some usage patterns and format-code examples of the Formatter : String format « Data Type « Java

1. Java
2. Data Type
3. String format

Demonstrate some usage patterns and format-code examples of the Formatter

        
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import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Demonstrate some usage patterns and format-code examples of the Formatter
 * class (new in J2SE 1.5).
 */
public class FormatterDates {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    // Format number as dates e.g., 2004-06-28
    System.out.printf("%1$4d-%2$02d-%3$2d%n", 2004, 6, 28);

    // Format fields directly from a Date object: multiple fields from "1$"
    // (hard-coded formatting for Date not advisable; see I18N chapter)
    Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
    System.out.printf("Today is %1$tB %1$td, %1$tY%n", today); // e.g., July
                                   // 4, 2004
  }
}


           
         
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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