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| <h1>Message Formatting</h1> |
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| <p><font size="5">MessageFormat, ChoiceFormat</font> |
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| <li><font size="5">Put together sequences of strings, numbers,</font><br> |
| <font size="5">dates, and other formats to create messages.</font></li> |
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| <li><font size="5">Facilitate localization because they:</font><br> |
| <font size="5">-- prevent hard-coding of message strings</font> <br> |
| <font size="5">-- prevent hard-coding of the concatenation</font></li> |
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| <li><font size="5">Enables localizers to change the content, format,</font><br> |
| <font size="5">and order of any text as appropriate for any language.</font></li> |
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| <li><font size="5">Choice formats let localizers create more natural messages,</font><br> |
| <font size="5">avoiding phrases like "3 file(s)".</font></li> |
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