StrFormat()

Format a string

Syntax

      StrFormat(<cMask>[, <cPar1>[, <cParn>[, ...]]) --> cString

Arguments

<cMask> Holds the mask for the resulting string

<cParn> Holds the strings to be inserted in the mask maximum 9 of them can be specified.

Returns

<cString> Return the mask with all the parameters inserted.

Description

String replacment, can be useful when writing international apps. You can separate the constant strings from the variable ones. Each %1 – %9 marks will be replaced with the appropriate parameter from the parameter list.

Marks can be in any order, and can be duplicated.

You can print “%” character with “%%”.

Examples

      StrFormat( "Please insert disk %1 to drive %2", hb_ntos( 2 ), "A:" )
      StrFormat( "This is %1 from %2", "Victor", "Hungary" )
      StrFormat( "%2 %1 %2", "Param1", "Param2" )

Tests

      ? StrFormat( "Please insert disk %1 to drive %2", hb_ntos( 2 ), "A:" )
      ? StrFormat( "This is %1 from %2", "Victor", "Hungary" )
      ? StrFormat( "%2 %1 %2", "Param1", "Param2" )
      ? StrFormat( "Hello" )
      ? StrFormat( "%1 - %2", "one" )
      ? StrFormat( "%1 - %2", "one", "two" )
      ? StrFormat( "%2 - %1", "one", "two" )
      ? StrFormat( "%2 - %", "one", "two" )
      ? StrFormat( "%% - %", "one", "two" )
      ? StrFormat( "%9 - %", "one", "two" )

Compliance

All platforms

Files

Library is libmisc

Seealso

Transform(), Stuff(), StrTran()