Using String.Format inside a Binding

Question

In my XAML binding in a Silverlight App, I wrote something like this:

Text="{Binding TestSomething}"

TestSomething returns a number. Now I want to make a sentence out of it, for example something like:

"We found this many XYZ results"

where XYZ is equal to that TestSomething

How can I combine string.Format with the binding above to generate the sentence that I need.

Reed Copsey · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-03 23:02:07Z

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You can use the StringFormat binding specification:

Text="{Binding Path=TestSomething, StringFormat=We found this many {0} results}"

answered Feb 3, 2014 at 23:02

Reed Copsey

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