ChoiceFormat format() method in Java with Examples
The format() method of java.text.ChoiceFormat class is used to get the appended string builder of the format value of particular limit value passed as parameter and text passed as parameter in this method.
Syntax:
public StringBuffer format(double number, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition status)
Parameter: This method takes the following parameter as follow
- number: which is the particular limit of choiceformat object for which format have to be found and appended
- toAppendTo: which is the new text which is to be appended with the format
- status: which determines if there is no special status to be returned
Return Value: This method return appended value of text and format in the form of StringBuffer object.
Exception: This method throws NullPointerException if toAppendto value is null.
Below are the examples to illustrate the format() method:
Example 1:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate // format() method import java.text.*; import java.util.*; import java.io.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) { try { // creating and initializing ChoiceFormat ChoiceFormat cf1 = new ChoiceFormat( "4#wed| 5#thu | 6#fri | 7#sat" ); // creating and initializing StringBuffer StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer( "Sun" ); // getting the required format with appended text // ChoiceFormat Object // using format() method StringBuffer value = cf1.format( 6 , str, null ); // display the result System.out.print( "Formatted text with appended value: " + value.toString()); } catch (NullPointerException e) { System.out.println( "str is null" ); System.out.println( "Exception thrown: " + e); } } } |
Output
Formatted text with appended value: Sunfri
Example 2:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate // format() method import java.text.*; import java.util.*; import java.io.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) { try { // creating and initializing ChoiceFormat ChoiceFormat cf1 = new ChoiceFormat( "4#wed| 5#thu | 6#fri | 7#sat" ); // creating and initializing StringBuffer StringBuffer str = null ; // getting the required format with appended text // ChoiceFormat Object // using format() method StringBuffer value = cf1.format( 6 , str, null ); // display the result System.out.print( "Formatted text with appended value: " + value.toString()); } catch (NullPointerException e) { System.out.println( "str is null" ); System.out.println( "Exception thrown: " + e); } } } |
Output:
str is null Exception thrown: java.lang.NullPointerException
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/ChoiceFormat.html#format-double-java.lang.StringBuffer-java.text.FieldPosition-
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