quotation-marks

Ok, so we all should know that you can include variables into strings by doing: String string = "A string " + aVariable; Is there a way to do it like: String string = "A string {aVariable}"; In other words: Without having to close the quotation marks and adding plus signs. It's very unattractive. You can always use String.format(....). i.e., String string = String.format("A String %s %2d", aStringVar, anIntVar); I'm not sure if that is attractive enough for you, but it can be quite handy. The syntax is the same as for printf and java.util.Formatter. I've used it much especially if I want to

I remember hearing a long time ago that it was considered "best practice" to wrap quotes around font names that contain multiple words in the CSS font-family property, like this: font-family: "Arial Narrow", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; For the heck of it, I tried removing the quotes from "Arial Narrow" and Safari and Firefox don't have any problem rendering it. So, is there any logic to this rule of thumb, or is it just a myth? Was it an issue with older browsers that no longer applies to the current versions? I've been doing this for so long that I never stopped to think if it was actually