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I am facing an issue with my code .
the thing is i want to escape { in the string.format function ...
Of course one way to escape it is to use {{ (2 curly braces)
Is there any other way possible to escape without using the double curly braces.
thanks
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Answers. You can use a backslash to escape a formatting character: String. Format("{0:Save #\\%}", 100);
The %s operator is put where the string is to be specified. The number of values you want to append to a string should be equivalent to the number specified in parentheses after the % operator at the end of the string value.
Method 1: Using Double Curly Braces format string parser that the given curly braces must be escaped and considered as a part of the given text literal. This can be easily done by doubling the curly braces encompassing the string, that is using the following syntax: {{Serial No.}}
format (also used by VF apex:outputtext ) uses the Java MessageFormat class. And braces are escaped by enclosing in single quotes, which in apex must also be escaped by backslash.
Why would there be another solution? {{ is specified as the way of escaping braces in a format string... I can't see why the API designers would include another way.
Of course, you could also provide a format parameter and then populate it with a brace:
Dim text as String = string.Format("{0}{1}", "{", "}")
will give "{}" as a string, for example... but I can't see that this is a better solution.
Perhaps if you could say why you dislike the normal solution (double curly braces) we could advise you on an alternative - but there isn't one within the format specification "language" itself, as far as I'm aware.
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No, unfortunately it is not possible.
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