Show-StandardNFS-1.ps1

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1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the first two samples on this MSDN Page, 
4.     convered to PowerShell  
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script displays two lines of text using PowerShell 
7.     and .NET formatting information 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-StandardNFS-1.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     [Cookham8:C:\foo]> .\Show-StandardNFS.ps1 
19.     $123.46 
20.     Your account balance is $123.46. 
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Show formatting a number as currency 
24. $value = 123.456 
25. $value.ToString("C2") 
26.  
27. # Show the -f operator with currency formatting 
28. $value = 123.456 
29. "Your account balance is {0:C2}." -f $value