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### B.1.16 Formats

Functions for formatting numeric values.

`formatDecimal( value, dp )`
  Turns a floating point value into a string with a given number of decimal places using standard settings.
  - `value` (floating point): value to format
  - `dp` (integer): number of decimal places (digits after the decmal point)
  - return value (String): formatted string
`formatDecimalLocal( value, dp )`
  Turns a floating point value into a string using current locale settings. For instance if language is set to French, decimal points will be represented as a comma "," instead of a full stop ".". Otherwise behaves the same as the corresponding `formatDecimal` function.
  - `value` (floating point): value to format
  - `dp` (integer): number of decimal places (digits after the decmal point)
  - return value (String): formatted string
`formatDecimal( value, format )`
  Turns a floating point value into a formatted string using standard settings. The `format` string is as defined by Java's `java.text.DecimalFormat` class.
  - `value` (floating point): value to format
  - `format` (String): format specifier
  - return value (String): formatted string
`formatDecimalLocal( value, format )`
  Turns a floating point value into a formatted string using current locale settings. For instance if language is set to French, decimal points will be represented as a comma "," instead of a full stop ".". Otherwise behaves the same as the corresponding `formatDecimal` function.
  - `value` (floating point): value to format
  - `format` (String): format specifier
  - return value (String): formatted string

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Starlink User Note253
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