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Description

0 (zero)

Specifies the minimum numeric places to display including leading zeroes.

EXAMPLE

{MERGEFIELD current_interest_rate \# 00.00} displays 05.00

#

Specifies the minimum numeric places to display. If a place has no digit, it is replaced with a space.

EXAMPLE

{MERGEFIELD payment_amount \# $###} displays $ 10

x

Does not display digits to its left and if used to the right of a decimal point, the result is rounded to that place.

EXAMPLE

{MERGEFIELD cifno \# x##} displays 111 if cifno is 123111
{MERGEFIELD current_interest_rate \# 0.00x} displays 0.599 if current_interest_rate is .59911

. (decimal point)

Places a decimal point in its position.

, (comma)

Places a digit grouping symbol (thousand separator) as specified in the regional settings in the Control Panel.

EXAMPLE

{MERGEFIELD current_payoff_balance \# $,0.00} displays $1,234.56

- (minus)

Places a minus sign on a negative result or adds a space if the result is positive or zero.

EXAMPLE

{MERGEFIELD current_payoff_balance \# "$#,##0.00;- $#,##0.00"} displays $1,234.56 for a positive number and - $1,234.56 for a negative number

+ (plus)

Places a plus sign to a positive result, a minus sign to a negative result, or a space if the result is zero.

EXAMPLE

{MERGEFIELD current_payoff_balance \# "+ $#,##0.00"} displays + $1,234.56 for a positive number and - $1,234.56 for a negative number

() (parenthesis)

Places negative number within parenthesis and a hyphen in place of zero.

EXAMPLE

{MERGEFIELD current_payoff_balance \# "$,0.00;($,0.00);'-'"} displays $1,234.56 for a positive, (1,234,56) for a negative number, and - for zero.

Switch

Description

yyyy

Year. Use yy to display the last two digits of any year.

M

Month. Use MMMM to fully spell out the month (e.g. September, October). Use MMM to display the three letter abbreviation for the month (e.g. Sep, Oct). Use MM to display the month in two digits with a leading zero for single digit months (e.g. 09, 10). Use M to display the month in digits (e.g. 9, 10).

d

Day. Use dddd to spell out the day of the week (e.g. Sunday, Monday). Use ddd to display the three letter abbreviation of the day (e.g. Sun, Mon). Use dd to display the day in two digits with a leading zero for single digit days (e.g. 09, 10). Use d to display the day in digits (e.g. 9, 10).

Switch

Description

h or H

Hours. Lower case h denotes 12-hour format and upper case H denotes 24-hour format. Use hh or HH to display a leading zero on single digit hours.

m

Minutes. Use mm to display a leading zero on single digit minutes.

s

Seconds. Use ss to display a leading zero on single digit seconds.

AM/PM

Displays AM or PM.