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| <h1>Message Formatting</h1> |
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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> |
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| <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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