format : Java Glossary

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Java version 1.1 has no built-in methods of formatting numbers for display other than the primitive toString methods. Unfortunately, toString for doubles only displays about 6 significant digits. You have to roll your own perhaps starting with the Custom Innovation Solutions routines. Java version 1.2 has a ton of them, but they are quite complicated to use since they are fully internationalised. See the Converter for samples of use.

Formatting Floppies

To format a floppy means to erase it and place empty control structures on it to prepare it for use. Most floppies today come preformatted.
OS Formatting a Floppy Formatting a Bootable Floppy
DOS At the command line type:
FORMAT A:		 At the command line type:
FORMAT A: /S
W95 in a DOS box type:
FORMAT A:		 in a DOS box type:
FORMAT A: /S
Win2K At the command line type:
FORMAT A:		 Find a bootable DOS diskette and copy it at the command line with:
DISKCOPY A: A:
Then delete the files you don’t need from the copy.
XP At the command line type:
FORMAT A:		 Click My Computer ⇒ right click the A: drive ⇒ click Format ⇒ In the Format window, check Create an MS-DOS startup disk.
Vista At the command line type:
FORMAT A:		 Click My Computer ⇒ right click the A: drive ⇒ click Format ⇒ In the Format window, check Create an MS-DOS startup disk.
CD’s don’t need to be formatted. They write the formatting information as they go. You can however erase the rewriteable ones.
beautifier
floppy
Launder
printf
println format
SCAT
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