06-13-2008
alignment of variable
Dear Champs,
i have a file let a.txt having value
number text
00 123
012
145 456
...etc
i need number and text column vales should right align ??? how can i achive this ???
NOTE number is of max 3 char and text can take max 7 char...so if any records are less than above lengths then their left side should be *
if any column values are missing then it should be *
e.g
o/p of a.txt should be
number text
*00****123
012*******
145****456
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msgfmt_get_pattern
MSGFMT_GET_PATTERN(3) 1 MSGFMT_GET_PATTERN(3)
MessageFormatter::getPattern - Get the pattern used by the formatter
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
public string MessageFormatter::getPattern (void )
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
string msgfmt_get_pattern (MessageFormatter $fmt)
Get the pattern used by the formatter
PARAMETERS
o $fmt
- The message formatter
RETURN VALUES
The pattern string for this message formatter
EXAMPLES
Example #1
msgfmt_get_pattern(3) example
<?php
$fmt = msgfmt_create( "en_US", "{0, number} monkeys on {1, number} trees" );
echo "Default pattern: '" . msgfmt_get_pattern( $fmt ) . "'
";
echo "Formatting result: " . msgfmt_format( $fmt, array(123, 456) ) . "
";
msgfmt_set_pattern( $fmt, "{0, number} trees hosting {1, number} monkeys" );
echo "New pattern: '" . msgfmt_get_pattern( $fmt ) . "'
";
echo "Formatted number: " . msgfmt_format( $fmt, array(123, 456) ) . "
";
?>
Example #2
OO example
<?php
$fmt = new MessageFormatter( "en_US", "{0, number} monkeys on {1, number} trees" );
echo "Default pattern: '" . $fmt->getPattern() . "'
";
echo "Formatting result: " . $fmt->format(array(123, 456)) . "
";
$fmt->setPattern("{0, number} trees hosting {1, number} monkeys" );
echo "New pattern: '" . $fmt->getPattern() . "'
";
echo "Formatted number: " . $fmt->format(array(123, 456)) . "
";
?>
The above example will output:
Default pattern: '{0,number} monkeys on {1,number} trees'
Formatting result: 123 monkeys on 456 trees
New pattern: '{0,number} trees hosting {1,number} monkeys'
Formatted number: 123 trees hosting 456 monkeys
SEE ALSO
msgfmt_create(3), msgfmt_set_pattern(3).
PHP Documentation Group MSGFMT_GET_PATTERN(3)