Is there a way to format a String in Flex

Question

Is it possible to do something like this:

var s:String = format(\"%20d %-10s %s\", time, type, message);

In languages like C, C++, C#, Python,

Answer 1

You probably are looking for mx.utils.StringUtil.substitute(). Works similar to .NET String.Format().

For Example:

StringUtil.substitute("Hello {0}", ["World"]);

Adobe Livedocs for StringUtil class