Java String formatting

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I have a property-file with strings inside, formatted in this way:

audit.log.events.purged=The audit events were purged. {0} events were purged, {1} assets were deleted.

Is there a way to bind some values inside those {0} and {1}, using some standard APIs, or should I create some code for parsing those Strings?

Chris Carruthers · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-26 00:37:49Z

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Java 1.4.2:

String formattedMessage = MessageFormat.format(message, new Object[]{parm1, parm2});

Java 1.5+:

String formattedMessage = MessageFormat.format(message, parm1, parm2);

In both cases you can have as many parameters as you wish, not just two.

edited Dec 26, 2009 at 0:37

answered Dec 24, 2009 at 10:13

Chris Carruthers

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George Over a year ago

Actually, it will work as MessageFormat.format(message, parm1, parm2); as well, cause it accepts enumerations.

Chris Carruthers Over a year ago

Correct - I'm unfortunately still far too used to programming with 1.4's retrictions!

Confusion · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-24 10:11:35Z

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You are looking for MessageFormat: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html

answered Dec 24, 2009 at 10:11

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