Class Formatter
The Formatter class is a BIRT-provided JavaScript class that provides one static function to retrieve a formatted string from an object using any of the set String Format pattern values. These values are identical to the XML pattern markup for data type format values defined in Properties.
Formatter.format
This function returns a formatted string derived from the input object.
Syntax
string format(object value, string pattern)
Parameters
value
Object. The data to format into a patterned string.
pattern
String. The valid values include:
*> for uppercase
*< for lowercase
*^ to preserve leading white space
*Custom combinations of characters and the @ wildcard for the right-aligned character, such as @@@@@-@@@@ for zip+4
Returns
String. The formatted string.
Example
The following example returns the uppercase values for the customer’s last name:
Formatter.format(dataSetRow["CONTACTLASTNAME"], '>')