String Formats
String formats refer to the formatting of text. You can use the following symbols to specify a string format.
Symbol | Description |
! | Formatting must proceed from right to left |
< | Following characters will be converted to lowercase |
> | Following characters will be converted to uppercase |
@ | Placeholder for a mandatory character |
& | Placeholder for an optional character |
Normally, character string formatting proceeds by scanning the character string value and the format specification from left to right. However, if the format specification contains a “!” symbol, then scanning of both the character string value and the format specification proceeds from right to left.
Examples
Value | Format | Result |
forms | > | FORMS |
FormS | < | forms |
forms | <@> | fORMS |
forms | <@@> | foRMS |
forms | !>@< | FORMs |
forms | !>@<@@@> | FoRMS |
forms | &&&&&“data” | formsdata |
forms | @@@@@“data” | forms data |
The @ symbols are replaced by spaces when there is no corresponding character in the string value.
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