VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

Format Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings

Synopsis

Format(expression[, style[, dayofweek[,  weekofyear]]])

expression required; String/Numeric

Any valid string or numeric expression

style optional; String

A valid named or user-defined format expression

dayofweek optional; FirstDayOfWeek enumeration

A constant that specifies the first day of the week, as shown in the following table:

Constant	Value	Description
System	0	NLS API setting
Sunday	1	Sunday (default)
Monday	2	Monday
Tuesday	3	Tuesday
Wednesday	4	Wednesday
Thursday	5	Thursday
Friday	6	Friday
Saturday	7	Saturday

weekofyear optional; FirstWeekOfYear enumeration

A constant that specifies the first week of the year, as shown in the following table:

First Week of Year Constants

Constant	Value	Description
UseSystemDayOfWeek	0	Use the NLS API setting
FirstJan1	1	Start with the week in which January 1 occurs (default)
FirstFourDays	2	Start with the first week that has at least four days in the new year
FirstFullWeek	3	Start with first full week of the year

Return Value

A string containing the formatted expression

Description

Allows you to use either predefined or user-defined formats to output string, numeric, and date/time data.