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0290 Composite formatting

Composite format strings combines variable substitution with format strings. using System; using System.Text; using System.Globalization; class Sample { public static void Main() { string composite = "Credit={0:C}"; Console.WriteLine(string.Format(composite, 500)); // Credit=$500.00 } } The output: Credit=$500.00 The Console class overloads its Write and WriteLine methods to accept composite format strings. using System; using System.Text; using System.Globalization; class Sample { public static void Main() { Console.WriteLine("Credit={0:C}", 500); // Credit=$500.00 } } The output: Credit=$500.00