It would work something like this
someUtility.replace ("Hello, my name is {1}. What is your {2}?", "Mark", "name");
Thanks in advance!
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Q:
Is there a utility in the Android SDK or in Java to replace parts of a string using placeholders?
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A:
String.format("Hello, my name is %1$s. What is your %2$s?", "Mark", "name");
or if you will just use each once in order:
String.format("Hello, my name is %s. What is your %s?", "Mark", "name");
Matthew Flaschen
2010-09-04 23:12:47
as far as I know,printf does that too!
Phobia
2010-09-04 23:15:03
I do it like this: String.format("Hello, my name is %s. What is your %s?", "Mark", "name");
Mondain
2010-09-04 23:15:25
A:
If you want to use Spring the Resource Bundles will give you the actual exact style of replacement that you have displayed. You can see some examples here: http://www.mkyong.com/spring/spring-resource-bundle-with-resourcebundlemessagesource-example/
Mondain
2010-09-04 23:22:14
Android doesn't use Resource Bundles. The API for doing this with Android's resource system is: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Resources.html#getString(int, java.lang.Object...)
hackbod
2010-09-05 01:38:16
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A:
Look at MessageFormat:
MessageFormat.format("Hello, my name is {0}. What is your {1}?", "Mark", "name");
Usually I prefer String.format or System.out.printf though for c-style formatting (sort of), as Matthew suggested.
deepc
2010-09-05 01:38:16