Mac Home Automation

Formats a number in a specific way given the format string. Similar to the format() command.

format number (number, the number that gets formatted) format (text, the format string, see below)

#	Placeholder that displays the digit from the value if it is present. If fewer placeholder characters are used than in the passed number, then the result is rounded.
0	Placeholder that displays the digit from the value if it is present. If no digit is present, 0 (Zero) is displayed in it’s place. (say you wanted a month that was always zero padded then you’d pass the month number with a format string of “00”)
.	Placeholder for the position of the decimal point.
,	Placeholder that indicates the number should be formatted with thousands separators.
%	displays the number multiplied by 100.
(	displays an open paren.
)	displays a closed paren.
+	displays the plus sign to the left of the number if the number is positive or the minus sign if negative.
-	displays the minus sign to the left of the number if the number is negative, makes no change if the number is positive.
E or e	displays the number in scientific notation.
\character	displays the character that follows the backslash.

additionally the string may contain 3 formats separated by semicolons to be used when the number is positive, negative or zero.