Vb. NET, the Format function

The function Format function can decorate date, numeric, and string type data, and the data type of the returned value is a string. The following syntax is used:

Format (data to be decorated [, formatting to be decorated [, first day of the week [, first week of year]])

The parameters of the format are some meaningful symbols, and the meaning of these symbols is shown in the following table:

Symbolic meaning

0 value configuration symbol, if the specified position does not have a value prints 0

# A value configuration symbol, if 0 before this symbol is not printed

. Decimal point configuration symbol

, the thousand-symbol

-_$ () and spaces literal characters are printed out of 1510

The following program formats the value 50000 as $50,000.00:
<%
Response.Write ("Accounts Payable for" & Format (50000, "$##,###.00"))
%>

Print the specified time and date format
The Format function can also be used to decorate the time and date, assuming the current time is still 9 points 10 minutes 11 seconds on Friday, June 1, 2001, as shown in the following table:

Syntax results
Format (now (), "M/d/yy") 6/1/01
Format (now (), "MM month DD Day, dddd,yyyy Year") June 01, Friday, 2001
Format (now (), "mmm-d") June-1
Format (now (), "h:m:s") 9:10:11
Format (now (), "Hh:mm:ss") 09:10:11