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<h1>Message Formatting</h1>
<p><a href="../html/MessageFormat.html"><font size="5">MessageFormat</font></a><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>
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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 &quot;3
file(s)&quot;.</font></li>
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