An example is the format-number function, which takes as one of its arguments a pattern describing the output format required for a decimal number.

一个例子就是format - number函数，它使用一个模式(描述十进制数所需的输出格式)作为它的一个变量。

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The format (picture) string in format-number() has digit markers with "passive" characters before or after, which are intended to be literal characters in the result

format-number() 中的格式（picture）字符串具有前后是“被动”字符的数字标识符，通常是结果中的文字。

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Your poem can be any format, any number of lines.

诗歌不限格式，不限行数。

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This is a generation that rarely sees an invitation in a non-electronic format, always knows the phone number that is calling them before they pick up the line, and is so virtual that spending the morning at a local Starbucks with an iPad is just like being at the office.

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Other pollsters asking about repeal using a similar three-category format, including the Bloomberg News and Suffolk University national polls, have found roughly the same number (between 34 and 37 percent) favoring repeal.

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