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AQ_NumberPattern

Use this mask type to change the way a number value is displayed in Blueriq Studio documents.

Parameters

Pattern

The pattern syntax: {options}format;negative-spec;positive-spec

  • options
    The option set is optional and must be surrounded with {} when used. It represents a key value mechanism separated by ',' signs.
    Examples include: a=b,q=e meaning a is set to b and q is set to e.
    Valid options are:
    • locale=nl-NL: This specifies a locale in the option set overriding the one of the NumberFormats' class.
  • format
    The format pattern which actually specified how the number should look like consists of a decimal part and an fractional part divided by a '.' when a fractional part is required.
    • decimal
      Decimal part specifies how grouping, minimum decimal and maximum decimal digits. For example a pattern: #,##0 specifies at least 1 decimal digit ( which is always the case ) and grouping every 3 decimal digits. With a maximum of 4 decimal digits. At least 1 zero at the end of the decimal syntax is required for the pattern to parse.
    • fractional
      The fractional part begins if there is a decimal separator '.'. If there is no decimal separator there is no fractional part. The fractional part specifies how many minimum fraction digits there are required and how many fraction digits at max are allowed. For example a syntax 0.00## will specify that at least two fractional should be displayed and at most four.
  • negative-spec
    Negative pattern has only 2 special characters: '#' and ';'. The '#' will dictate the actual number pattern specified earlier. For example: 0.0;(#) will specify that a negative number is prefixed with '(' and postfixed with ')' While ';' will end the pattern part and proceed to the positive specification
  • positive-spec
    The positive pattern has only 1 special character: '#'. The '#' will dictate the actual number pattern specified earlier. For example: 0.0;(#) will specify that a negative number is prefixed with '(' and postfixed with ')'

Supported attribute types

  • number

  • percentage

  • currency

  • integer

Examples

Note that the comma and dot in the pattern are not taken literally; they are just stand-in symbols for the decimal separator and the grouping separator. The actual symbols used depend on the language (locale). For example, the number 1234567.89 with pattern #,##0.00 results in the following numbers, depending on the language used:

  • en-GB (English - United Kingdom): 1,234,567.89 (comma as grouping separator, dot as decimal separator)
  • nl-NL (Dutch): 1.234.567,89 (dot as grouping separator comma as decimal separator)
  • fr-FR (French): 1 234 567,89 (space as grouping separator, comma as decimal separator)

The locale can also be fixed in the pattern, so that the pattern is no longer locale-sensitive. In case you want to have a space as the grouping separator for the number 1234567.89 you should use the {locale=fr-FR}#,##0.00 as pattern, which will result in 1 234 567,89 no matter what language is used for the rest of the project.

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AQ_FirstToUpperCase


Use this mask type to capitalize the first letter of (part of) a string and make the remaining characters lowercase.


Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeRequired
start-indexthe position of the character you want to make uppercasestringfalse
start-indexthe position of the last character to make lowercasestringfalse


Supported attribute types

  • string


Examples

To displayasuse this pattern
a sTrinG ValUEA string valuestart-index:  end-index:
a sTrinG ValUEa String valuestart-index: 2  end-index:
a sTrinG ValUEa String ValUEstart-index: 2  end-index: 7
a sTrinG ValUEA string valuEstart-index:  end-index: 12

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NameDescriptionTypeRequired
pattern

a number format pattern

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typewarning
at least one zero at the end of the decimal syntax is required.
stringtrue
prefixtext string that will be displayed in front of the formatted number valuestringfalse
postfixtext string that will be displayed behind of the formatted number valuestringfalse
zero-fractionstring value that substitutes the fraction part when the fraction is zerostringfalse
To displayasuse this pattern
500000,00500.000,-pattern: #,##0.00  zero-fraction: -
500000,00€ 500.000,00pattern: #,##0.00  prefix: €
1212,000 %pattern: #,##0.000  postfix: %
-180,12180pattern: #0;#
23+023,00pattern: {locale=NL-nl}000.00;-#;+#
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typewarning
when you place a currency sign in front of a number, don’t forget to add a space behind the currency sign. So, write '€ ' instead of '€' in the prefix.

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AQ_OrdinalNumber

Use this mask type to display integers in words as ordinal numbers, e.g. “1” will be displayed as “first”.

Parameters

  • none

Supported attribute types

  • integer

Supported languages

  • Dutch

  • English

UI Text Box
typenote
Which language will be used to display weekdays, days, months or years in words is determined by the language in which you specified your document.

Examples

Displaysas1first35thirty-fifth

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AQ_RegularExpression

Use this mask type to apply special formatting to numbers or strings. The specified regular expression is used to select parts of the input and replace that with the string that you define in the replace parameter.

Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeRequiredregexp-search

a pattern that selects parts of the input

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typeinfo
the regular expressions used in several Blueriq Studio functions are common Java 1.4 expressions. For a complete documentation we refer to the online java documentation.
stringtruereplacea string to replace the selected parts of the inputstringtruetouppera boolean value used to apply uppercase before regular expression is evaluatedbooleanfalsetolowera boolean value used to apply lowercase before regular expression is evaluatedbooleanfalseprefixa string value that will be added before regular expression is evaluatedstringfalsepostfixa string value that will be added before regular expression is evaluatedstringfalse

Supported attribute types

  • integer

  • number

  • percentage

  • currency

  • string

While parsing a mask of this type the initial input string is transformed in the following order:

  1. changing the case of the string to upper or to lower case

  2. adding the prefix

  3. adding the postfix

  4. performing the regular expression search

  5. completing the transformation using the replace string

Examples

To displayasuse these parameters1234567891234-56-789regexp-search: 0*([0-9]{4})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{3})$  replace: $1-$2-$3  prefix: 000000001234aa1234 AAregexp-search: ([0-9]{4})\s*([A-Z]{2})$  replace: $1 $2  toupper: true57151883357.15.18.833regexp-search: 0*([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{3})$  replace: $1.$2.$3.$4  prefix: 00000000

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AQ_RomanInteger

Use this mask type to display positive integer values as roman numerals.

Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeRequiredcase“upper” for uppercase roman numerals  “lower” (default) for lowercase numeralsstringfalse

Supported attribute types

  • positive integer (0 < integer < 1.000.000)

Examples

To displayasuse this parameter3iiicase: lower3IIIcase: upper

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AQ_SetCase

Us this mask type to make the characters of the selected part of the string uppercase or lowercase.

Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeRequiredcase“upper” to convert the selection to uppercase  “lower” (default) to convert the selection to lowercasestringfalsestart-indexthe position of the first character you want to selectstringfalseend-indexthe position of the last character you want to selectstringfalse

Supported attribute types

  • string

Examples

To displayasuse these parametersa sTrinG ValUEa string ValUEcase: lower  end-index: 8a sTrinG ValUEa STRING ValUEcase: upper  start-index: 3  end-index: 8

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AQ_SpelledBoolean

Use this mask type to display a boolean value in words.

Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeRequiredshortTRUE for an abbreviated notation  FALSE (default) for whole wordsbooleanfalse

Supported attribute types

  • boolean

Supported languages

  • Dutch

  • English

UI Text Box
typenote
Which language will be used to display weekdays, days, months or years in words is determined by the language in which you specified your document.

Examples

To displayasuse these parametersTRUEYesshort: FALSETRUEYshort: TRUE

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AQ_SpelledCurrency

Use this mask type to display a currency value in words.

Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeRequiredspellzerocentsFALSE (default) to omit converting zero decimal values to words  TRUE to convert zero decimal values to wordsbooleanfalsecurrencythe type of currency e.g. euro, dollar, poundstringfalse

Supported attribute types

  • currency

Supported languages

  • Dutch

  • English

UI Text Box
typenote
Which language will be used to display weekdays, days, months or years in words is determined by the language in which you specified your document.

Examples

To displayasuse this parameters€ 20,-Twenty euroscurrency: euro€ 20,-Twenty euros and zero centsspellzerocents: true  currency: euro$ 20,12Twenty dollars and twelve centscurrency: dollar

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AQ_SpelledDayOfWeek

Use this mask type to display an integer value that represents a weekday in words.

Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeRequiredfirst-day-of-weekthe name of the day that you would want to correspond with 1  options: sunday (=default), monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday or saturdaystringfalse

Supported attribute types

  • integer

Supported languages

  • Dutch

  • English

UI Text Box
typenote
Which language will be used to display weekdays, days, months or years in words is determined by the language in which you specified your document.

Examples

To displayasuse this parameter1Sundayfirst-day-of-week: sunday1Mondayfirst-day-of-week: monday

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AQ_SpelledDeltaDate

Use this mask type to display the difference between a date and today in words and integers.

Parameters

  • none

Supported attribute types

  • date

  • dateTime

Supported languages

  • Dutch

  • English

UI Text Box
typenote
Which language will be used to display weekdays, days, months or years in words is determined by the language in which you specified your document.

Examples

Let's go back to 2010-03-26.

Displaysas2010-03-26today2010-03-251 day ago2010-02-261 month ago2010-04-26in 1 month2009-03-261 year ago2010-05-10in 1 month and 15 days2011-06-19in 1 year, 2 months and 24 days2012-12-20

in 2 years, 8 months and 25 days

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AQ_SpelledInteger

Use this mask type to display an integer value in words.

Parameters

  • none

Supported attribute types

  • integer

Supported languages

  • Dutch

  • English

  • af, ba, bg, ca, cpe, cs, cy, da, de, el, eo, es, et, fa, fi, fr, fy, ga, gd, haw, hi, hu, id, is, it, ja, kl, kn, lisu, lt, ml, ms, ne, pap, pl, pt, qu, ro, ru, si, sk, sl, sm, sq, sr, sus, sv, sw, th, tl, tr, vi, yi, yo, zh (see a list of language names)

UI Text Box
typenote
Which language will be used to display weekdays, days, months or years in words is determined by the language in which you specified your document.

Examples

Displaysas12twelve25twenty five

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AQ_SpelledMonth

Use this mask type to display an integer value representing a month, in words.

Parameters

  • none

Supported attribute types

  • integer (1..12)

Supported languages

  • Dutch

  • English

UI Text Box
typenote
Which language will be used to display weekdays, days, months or years in words is determined by the language in which you specified your document.

Examples

Displaysas12December1January

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AQ_SpelledNumber

Use this mask type to display a number value in words.

Parameters

  • none

Supported attribute types

  • number

Supported languages

  • Dutch

  • English

  • af, ba, bg, ca, cpe, cs, cy, da, de, el, eo, es, et, fa, fi, fr, fy, ga, gd, haw, hi, hu, id, is, it, ja, kl, kn, lisu, lt, ml, ms, ne, pap, pl, pt, qu, ro, ru, si, sk, sl, sm, sq, sr, sus, sv, sw, th, tl, tr, vi, yi, yo, zh (see a list of language names)

UI Text Box
typenote
Which language will be used to display weekdays, days, months or years in words is determined by the language in which you specified your document.

Examples

Displaysas12,5Twelve five tenth25,1Twenty five one tenth

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