Correct format string for String.format or similar

formatting, java, string

Solution

What you are looking for is `MessageFormat`, which uses a given format and input parameters, e.g.

MessageFormat.format("Some {0}, {1}, {2}", var1, var2, var3);

And as already mentioned, `String.format` can still do the job using the alternate syntax, but it is less powerful in functionality and not what you requested.

Problem

I'm sure I've seen `String.format` used like this before: ``` String.format("Some {1}, {2}, {3}", var1, var2, var3); ``` Does this ring any bells for anyone? Maybe I'm thinking of C#, is there a way of achieving the same in java? I know you can do something like: ``` String.format("Some %s, %d, %s", aString, aNumber, aString) ``` but the syntax I'm after is for the former...

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