s = \'hello %s, how are you doing\' % (my_name)
That\'s how you do it in python. How can you do that in javascript/node.js?
if you are using ES6, the you should use the Template literals.
//you can do this
let sentence = `My name is ${ user.name }. Nice to meet you.`
read more here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals
Note, from 2015 onwards, just use backticks for templating
https://stackoverflow.com/a/37245773/294884
let a = `hello ${name}` // NOTE!!!!!!!! ` not ' or "
Note that it is a backtick, not a quote.
If you want to have something similar, you could create a function:
function parse(str) {
var args = [].slice.call(arguments, 1),
i = 0;
return str.replace(/%s/g, () => args[i++]);
}
Usage:
s = parse('hello %s, how are you doing', my_name);
This is only a simple example and does not take into account different kinds of data types (like %i
, etc) or escaping of %s
. But I hope it gives you some idea. I'm pretty sure there are also libraries out there which provide a function like this.
I wrote a function which solves the problem precisely.
First argument is the string that wanted to be parameterized. You should put your variables in this string like this format "%s1, %s2, ... %s12".
Other arguments are the parameters respectively for that string.
/***
* @example parameterizedString("my name is %s1 and surname is %s2", "John", "Doe");
* @return "my name is John and surname is Doe"
*
* @firstArgument {String} like "my name is %s1 and surname is %s2"
* @otherArguments {String | Number}
* @returns {String}
*/
const parameterizedString = (...args) => {
const str = args[0];
const params = args.filter((arg, index) => index !== 0);
if (!str) return "";
return str.replace(/%s[0-9]+/g, matchedStr => {
const variableIndex = matchedStr.replace("%s", "") - 1;
return params[variableIndex];
});
}
Examples
parameterizedString("my name is %s1 and surname is %s2", "John", "Doe");
// returns "my name is John and surname is Doe"
parameterizedString("this%s1 %s2 %s3", " method", "sooo", "goood");
// returns "this method sooo goood"
If variable position changes in that string, this function supports it too without changing the function parameters.
parameterizedString("i have %s2 %s1 and %s4 %s3.", "books", 5, "pencils", "6");
// returns "i have 5 books and 6 pencils."
Do that:
s = 'hello ' + my_name + ', how are you doing'
With ES6, you could also do this:
s = `hello ${my_name}, how are you doing`
util.format does this.
It will be part of v0.5.3 and can be used like this:
var uri = util.format('http%s://%s%s',
(useSSL?'s':''), apiBase, path||'/');
const format = (...args) => args.shift().replace(/%([jsd])/g, x => x === '%j' ? JSON.stringify(args.shift()) : args.shift())
const name = 'Csaba'
const formatted = format('Hi %s, today is %s and your data is %j', name, Date(), {data: {country: 'Hungary', city: 'Budapest'}})
console.log(formatted)