Format decimal for percentage values?
Use the P format string. This will vary by culture: String.Format(“Value: {0:P2}.”, 0.8526) // formats as 85.26 % (varies by culture)
Use the P format string. This will vary by culture: String.Format(“Value: {0:P2}.”, 0.8526) // formats as 85.26 % (varies by culture)
I’d suggest that it is better practice to use String.format(). The main reason is that String.format() can be more easily localised with text loaded from resource files whereas concatenation can’t be localised without producing a new executable with different code for each language. If you plan on your app being localisable you should also get … Read more
Python’s string format method can take a format spec. >>> “{0:b}”.format(37) ‘100101’ Format spec docs for Python 2 Format spec docs for Python 3
Current JavaScript From ES6 on you could use template strings: let soMany = 10; console.log(`This is ${soMany} times easier!`); // “This is 10 times easier! See Kim’s answer below for details. Older answer Try sprintf() for JavaScript. If you really want to do a simple format method on your own, don’t do the replacements successively … Read more