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/Program.cs

//@nuget: FormatWith
using FormatWith;
					
public class Program
{
	public static readonly System.Decimal LeftPadTestValue = 1234.56M;
	public static readonly System.String LeftPadTestFormat = "'{LeftPadTestValue,15:#,##.00}'";
	public static readonly System.String LeftPadTestFormatComposite = "'{0,15:#,##.00}'";
	public static readonly System.String ExpectedValue = "'       1,234.56'";

	public static void Main()
	{
		System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Decimal> replacementDictionary = new System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Decimal>()
		{
			{"LeftPadTestValue", LeftPadTestValue}
		};

		System.Console.WriteLine($"'{LeftPadTestValue,15:#,##0.00}'");
		System.Console.WriteLine(System.String.Format(LeftPadTestFormatComposite, LeftPadTestValue));
		
		//These all produce this error: 	Unhandled exception. System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The parameter "LeftPadTestValue,15:#,##.00" was not present in the lookup dictionary
		//System.Console.WriteLine(LeftPadTestFormat.FormattableWith(replacementDictionary));
		//System.Console.WriteLine(System.String.Format(LeftPadTestFormat.FormattableWith(replacementDictionary).ToString(), LeftPadTestValue));
		//System.Console.WriteLine(LeftPadTestFormat.FormatWith(replacementDictionary));
	}
}