Practical: Using the C++ style `Format()` function for currency and text alignment.

ID: 352

See: Format(string, DataType) 
				
					using uCalcSoftware;

var uc = new uCalc();
// Rule 1: Format Doubles as currency with two decimal places.
var doubleType = uc.DataTypeOf(BuiltInType.Float_Double);
uc.Format("Result = '$' + Format('{:.2f}', double(Result))", doubleType);

// Rule 2: Center-align strings in a 15-character field padded with '-'.
var strType = uc.DataTypeOf(BuiltInType.String);
uc.Format("Result = Format('{:-^15}', Result)", strType);

Console.WriteLine($"Price: {uc.EvalStr("199.999")}");
Console.WriteLine($"Discount: {uc.EvalStr("7.5")}");
Console.WriteLine($"Label: {uc.EvalStr("'Summary'")}");
				
			
Price: $200.00
Discount: $7.50
Label: ----Summary----
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					#include <iostream>
#include "uCalc.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace uCalcSoftware;

int main() {
   uCalc uc;
   // Rule 1: Format Doubles as currency with two decimal places.
   auto doubleType = uc.DataTypeOf(BuiltInType::Float_Double);
   uc.Format("Result = '$' + Format('{:.2f}', double(Result))", doubleType);

   // Rule 2: Center-align strings in a 15-character field padded with '-'.
   auto strType = uc.DataTypeOf(BuiltInType::String);
   uc.Format("Result = Format('{:-^15}', Result)", strType);

   cout << "Price: " << uc.EvalStr("199.999") << endl;
   cout << "Discount: " << uc.EvalStr("7.5") << endl;
   cout << "Label: " << uc.EvalStr("'Summary'") << endl;
}
				
			
Price: $200.00
Discount: $7.50
Label: ----Summary----
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					Imports System
Imports uCalcSoftware
Public Module Program
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim uc As New uCalc()
      '// Rule 1: Format Doubles as currency with two decimal places.
      Dim doubleType = uc.DataTypeOf(BuiltInType.Float_Double)
      uc.Format("Result = '$' + Format('{:.2f}', double(Result))", doubleType)
      
      '// Rule 2: Center-align strings in a 15-character field padded with '-'.
      Dim strType = uc.DataTypeOf(BuiltInType.String)
      uc.Format("Result = Format('{:-^15}', Result)", strType)
      
      Console.WriteLine($"Price: {uc.EvalStr("199.999")}")
      Console.WriteLine($"Discount: {uc.EvalStr("7.5")}")
      Console.WriteLine($"Label: {uc.EvalStr("'Summary'")}")
   End Sub
End Module
				
			
Price: $200.00
Discount: $7.50
Label: ----Summary----
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