| 1. | new Formatter(Appendable a) | | |
| 2. | Formatter: format('%.15s', String str) (Display at most 15 characters in a string) | | |
| 3. | Formatter: format('%.4f', 123.1234567) (Format 4 decimal places) | | |
| 4. | Formatter: format('%4d %4d %4d', 1, 2, 3) | | |
| 5. | Formatter: format('%16.2e', 123.1234567) (Format to 2 decimal places in a 16 character field) | | |
| 6. | Formatter: format('|%10.2f|', 123.123) (Right justify by default) | | |
| 7. | Formatter: format('|%f|%n|%12f|%n|%012f|', 10.12345, 10.12345, 10.12345) (a field-width specifier) | | |
| 8. | Formatter: format('|%-10.2f|', 123.123) ( left justify ) | | |
| 9. | Formatter: format('% d', -100) (the space format specifiers) | | |
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| 10. | Formatter: format('%g', i) | | |
| 11. | Formatter: format('%n %d%% ', 88) (the %n and %% format specifiers) | | |
| 12. | Formatter: format('%tB %tb %tm', cal, cal, cal) (Display month by name and number) | | |
| 13. | Formatter: format('%tc', cal) (Display complete time and date information) | | |
| 14. | Formatter: format('%te of % < tB, % < tY', cal) | | |
| 15. | Formatter: format('%tl:%tM', cal, cal) (Display just hour and minute) | | |
| 16. | Formatter: format('%tr', cal) (Display standard 12-hour time format) | | |
| 17. | Formatter: format(String format, Object... args) | | |
