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StrFormat()

Format a string
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 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", LTrim(Str(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", LTrim(Str(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")
  

Status

      Done

 Compliance

      All platforms

 Files

      Library is libmisc
      Library is libmisc