Correct format string for String.format or similar

Question

I\'m sure I\'ve seen String.format used like this before:

String.format(\"Some {1}, {2}, {3}\", var1, var2, var3);

Does this ring

Answer 1

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.