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<title>Message Formatting</title>
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<h1>Message Formatting</h1>
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<p><font size="5">MessageFormat, ChoiceFormat</font>
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<ul>
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<li><font size="5">Put together sequences of strings, numbers,</font><br>
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<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>
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<font size="5">-- prevent hard-coding of message strings</font> <br>
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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>
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<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>
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<font size="5">avoiding phrases like "3 file(s)".</font></li>
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<p><a href="formatCl.html">formatting</a> </p>
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