{"id":31668,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/format\/"},"modified":"2021-12-10T21:43:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T21:43:27","slug":"format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/format\/","title":{"rendered":"Format"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Format<\/h2>\n<p>This function formats a string in the specified format pattern and locale.<\/p>\n<p>Format patterns follow the C# format types outlined in the official Microsoft documentation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dotnet\/standard\/base-types\/standard-numeric-format-strings\">Standard Numeric Format Strings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dotnet\/standard\/base-types\/standard-date-and-time-format-strings\">Standard Date and Time Format Strings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these custom formats are supported:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dotnet\/standard\/base-types\/custom-numeric-format-strings\">Custom Numeric Format Strings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dotnet\/standard\/base-types\/custom-date-and-time-format-strings\">Custom Date and Time Format Strings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Arguments<\/h3>\n<p><code>Format(1,2,3,4)<\/code><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Ordinal<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Required<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">String<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">True<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">The string to format<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">String<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">True<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">The output format pattern (see table below for values)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">String<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">False<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Data format indicator.  Valid values are <code>Date<\/code> and <code>Number<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">String<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">False<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">The ISO locale code for the output<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Here are a few examples of format patterns, given a date of <code>2017-09-15T06:07:08.1230000-06:00<\/code>:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Element<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Format Pattern<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Output<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Long Date<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>D<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Friday, September 15, 2017<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Short date<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>d<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>9\/15\/2017<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Full Date, short time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>f<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Friday, September 15, 2017 6:07 AM<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Full Date, long time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>F<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Vendredi 15 Septembre 2017 06:07<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">General Date\/Time, short time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>g<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Friday, September 15, 2017 6:07:08 AM<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">General Date\/Time, long time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>G<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>9\/15\/2017 6:07 AM<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Month, Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>M<\/code> or <code>m<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>September 15<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Round Trip Date\/Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>O<\/code> or <code>o<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>2017-09-15T06:07:08.1230000-06:00<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">RFC1123<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>R<\/code> or <code>r<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 06:07:08 GMT<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Sortable Date\/Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>s<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>2017-09-15T06:07:08<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Short Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>t<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>6:07 AM<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Long Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>T<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>6:07:08 AM<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Universal Sortable Date\/Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>u<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>2017-09-15 06:07:08Z<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Universal full Date\/Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>U<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Friday, September 15, 2017 12:07:08 PM<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Month Year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Y<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>September 2017<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Month<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>MM<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>09<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Month<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>MMM<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Sep<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Month<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>MMMM<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>September<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>dd<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>15<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>ddd<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Fri<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>ddddd<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>Friday<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Hour<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>hh<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>06<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Minutes<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>mm<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>07<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Seconds<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>ss<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>08<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Milliseconds<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>MMM<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>123<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">AM\/PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>tt<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>AM<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Timezone offset<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>zz<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-06<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Timezone offset<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>zzz<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-06:00<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<blockquote>\n<p>NOTE: This function returns lowercase month and day names for non-US culture codes by default.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are a few examples of format patterns, given a number of <code>-0.8967<\/code>:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Element<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Format Pattern<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Output<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Currency<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>C<\/code> or <code>c<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>($0.90)<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Decimal<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>D<\/code> or <code>d<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-0.8967<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Exponential (scientific)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>E<\/code> or <code>e<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-8.967000E-001<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Fixed-point<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>F<\/code> of <code>f<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-0.90<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">General<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>G<\/code> or <code>g<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-0.8967<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>N<\/code> or <code>n<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-0.90<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Percent<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>P<\/code> or <code>p<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-89.67 %<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Here are a few examples of custom format patterns, given a number of <code>-1.8967<\/code>:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Element<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Format Pattern<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Example<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Output<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Zero placeholder<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>0<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"0000\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-0002<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Digit placeholder<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>#<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"###0\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-2<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Decimal point<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>.<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"#0.00\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-1.90<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Group separator and scaling<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>,<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"0,00#.##\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-0,001.9<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Percentage placeholder<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>%<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"#.00%\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-189.67%<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Exponential notation<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>E0<\/code>, <code>E+0<\/code>, <code>e0<\/code> or <code>e+0<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"#0.0e0\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-19.0e-1<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Escape character<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\\<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"\\###0.000\\#\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-#1.897#<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Literal string delimiter<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>'string'<\/code> or <code>\"string\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"#.##' points'\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>-1.9 points<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Section separator<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>;<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>\"#0.00;(#0.00)\"<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><code>(1.90)<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Example 1<\/h3>\n<p>The following examples illustrate the base date and time formats:<\/p>\n<pre><code>%%[\n\nvar @dateString, @timeString, @long, @short, @fullShortTime, @fullShortTimeFR, @fullLongTime, @generalShortTime, @generalLongTime, @monthDay, @roundTrip, @RFC1123, @sortable, @shortTime, @longTime, @universalSortable, @universalFull, @monthYear, @monthNumber, @monthShortName, @monthFullName, @dayNumber, @dayFullName, @hour, @minute, @seconds, @AMPM, @offsetHours, @offsetHoursMinutes\n\nset @dateString = \"2017-09-15T06:07:08.1230000-06:00\"\nset @timeString = \"06:07:08.123 AM\"\n\nset @long = Format(@dateString,\"D\", \"Date\")\nset @short = Format(@dateString,\"d\", \"Date\")\nset @fullShortTime = Format(@dateString,\"f\", \"Date\")\nset @fullShortTimeFR = ProperCase(Format(@dateString,\"f\", \"Date\",\"fr-FR\"))\nset @fullLongTime = Format(@dateString,\"F\", \"Date\")\nset @generalShortTime = Format(@dateString,\"g\", \"Date\")\nset @generalLongTime = Format(@dateString,\"G\", \"Date\")\nset @monthDay = Format(@dateString,\"M\", \"Date\")\nset @roundTrip = Format(@dateString,\"O\", \"Date\")\nset @RFC1123 = Format(@dateString,\"R\", \"Date\")\nset @sortable = Format(@dateString,\"s\", \"Date\")\nset @shortTime = Format(@dateString,\"t\", \"Date\")\nset @longTime = Format(@dateString,\"T\", \"Date\")\nset @universalSortable = Format(@dateString,\"u\", \"Date\")\nset @universalFull = Format(@dateString,\"U\", \"Date\")\nset @monthYear = Format(@dateString,\"Y\", \"Date\")\n\nset @monthNumber = Format(@dateString,\"MM\",\"Date\")\nset @monthShortName = Format(@dateString,\"MMM\",\"Date\")\nset @monthFullName = Format(@dateString,\"MMMM\",\"Date\")\n\nset @dayNumber = Format(@dateString,\"dd\",\"Date\")\nset @dayShortName = Format(@dateString,\"ddd\",\"Date\")\nset @dayFullName = Format(@dateString,\"ddddd\",\"Date\")\n\nset @hour = Format(@timeString,\"hh\",\"Date\")\nset @minute = Format(@timeString,\"mm\",\"Date\")\nset @seconds = Format(@timeString, \"ss\",\"Date\")\nset @AMPM = Format(@timeString,\"tt\",\"Date\")\nset @offsetHours = Format(@dateString,\"zz\",\"Date\")\nset @offsetHoursMinutes = Format(@dateString,\"zzz\",\"Date\")\n\n]%%\ndateString: %%=v(@dateString)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;long: %%=v(@long)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;short: %%=v(@short)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;fullShortTime: %%=v(@fullShortTime)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;fullShortTimeFR: %%=v(@fullShortTimeFR)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;fullLongTime: %%=v(@fullLongTime)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;generalShortTime: %%=v(@generalShortTime)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;generalLongTime: %%=v(@generalLongTime)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;monthDay: %%=v(@monthDay)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;roundTrip: %%=v(@roundTrip)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;RFC1123: %%=v(@RFC1123)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;sortable: %%=v(@sortable)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;shortTime: %%=v(@shortTime)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;longTime: %%=v(@longTime)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;universalSortable: %%=v(@universalSortable)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;universalFull: %%=v(@universalFull)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;monthYear: %%=v(@monthYear)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;monthNumber: %%=v(@monthNumber)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;monthShortName: %%=v(@monthShortName)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;monthFullName: %%=v(@monthFullName)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;dayNumber: %%=v(@dayNumber)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;dayShortName: %%=v(@dayShortName)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;dayFullName: %%=v(@dayFullName)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;timeString: %%=v(@timeString)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;hour: %%=v(@hour)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;minute: %%=v(@minute)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;seconds: %%=v(@seconds)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;AMPM: %%=v(@AMPM)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;offsetHours: %%=v(@offsetHours)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;offsetHoursMinutes: %%=v(@offsetHoursMinutes)=%%<\/code><\/pre>\n<h4>Output<\/h4>\n<pre><code>dateString: 2017-09-15T06:07:08.1230000-06:00\n\nlong: Friday, September 15, 2017\nshort: 9\/15\/2017\nfullShortTime: Friday, September 15, 2017 6:07 AM\nfullShortTimeFR: Vendredi 15 Septembre 2017 06:07\nfullLongTime: Friday, September 15, 2017 6:07:08 AM\ngeneralShortTime: 9\/15\/2017 6:07 AM\ngeneralLongTime: 9\/15\/2017 6:07:08 AM\nmonthDay: September 15\nroundTrip: 2017-09-15T06:07:08.1230000-06:00\nRFC1123: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 06:07:08 GMT\nsortable: 2017-09-15T06:07:08\nshortTime: 6:07 AM\nlongTime: 6:07:08 AM\nuniversalSortable: 2017-09-15 06:07:08Z\nuniversalFull: Friday, September 15, 2017 12:07:08 PM\nmonthYear: September 2017\n\nmonthNumber: 09\nmonthShortName: Sep\nmonthFullName: September\ndayNumber: 15\ndayShortName: Fri\ndayFullName: Friday\n\ntimeString: 06:07:08.123 AM\nhour: 06\nminute: 07\nseconds: 08\nAMPM: AM\noffsetHours: -06\noffsetHoursMinutes: -06:00<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3>Example 2<\/h3>\n<p>The following examples illustrate some common number formats:<\/p>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"3677078318\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Example 3<\/h3>\n<p>The following examples illustrate some custom number formats:<\/p>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"3677078318\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Example 4<\/h3>\n<p>The following examples illustrate some common date formats:<\/p>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"3677078318\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Example 5<\/h3>\n<p>The following examples illustrate some common phone formats:<\/p>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31668\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"3677078318\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format This function formats a string 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