format number command

commands/docs/format_number.md

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title: format number
categories: |
  conversions
version: 0.104.0
conversions: |
  Format a number.
usage: |
  Format a number.
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# `format number` for [conversions](/commands/categories/conversions.md)

<div class='command-title'>Format a number.</div>

## Signature

```> format number {flags} ```


## Input/output types:

| input  | output |
| ------ | ------ |
| number | record |
## Examples

Get a record containing multiple formats for the number 42
```nu
> 42 | format number
╭──────────┬──────────╮
│ binary   │ 0b101010 │
│ debug    │ 42       │
│ display  │ 42       │
│ lowerexp │ 4.2e1    │
│ lowerhex │ 0x2a     │
│ octal    │ 0o52     │
│ upperexp │ 4.2E1    │
│ upperhex │ 0x2A     │
╰──────────┴──────────╯
```

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Title: format number command

Summary

The `format number` command in Nushell converts a number into various formats such as binary, debug, display, lowercase exponential, lowercase hexadecimal, octal, uppercase exponential, and uppercase hexadecimal, returning a record containing these different representations.