{ literal with AppendFormat

[ramhog]

Hello all,
I would like to use AppendFormat to replace tokens in a string with
actual string values. The problem I am running into however is that my
string uses {} around a string that I do not want formatted. Is there
a way to tell the AppendFormat method not to see certain {} as a token
to be replaced?

In the example here, I want to replace {0} with the string "Test" but
leave the string {SQL Server} just like it is in the string.

string MBConnectBase = @"{0} and {SQL Server}";
try
{
System.Text.Str ingBuilder builder = new
System.Text.Str ingBuilder();

string format = MBConnectBase;
builder.AppendF ormat(format, "Test");

System.Diagnost ics.Debug.Write Line(builder.To String());
}
catch(System.Ex ception exc)
{
MessageBox.Show (exc.Message.To String());
}

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Re: { literal with AppendFormat

"ramhog" <kalvin.tuel@ng c.comwrote in message
news:1162935746 .078202.170640@ k70g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hello all,
I would like to use AppendFormat to replace tokens in a string with
actual string values. The problem I am running into however is that my
string uses {} around a string that I do not want formatted. Is there
a way to tell the AppendFormat method not to see certain {} as a token
to be replaced?
>
In the example here, I want to replace {0} with the string "Test" but
leave the string {SQL Server} just like it is in the string.
>
string MBConnectBase = @"{0} and {SQL Server}";
try
{
System.Text.Str ingBuilder builder = new
System.Text.Str ingBuilder();
>
string format = MBConnectBase;
builder.AppendF ormat(format, "Test");
>
System.Diagnost ics.Debug.Write Line(builder.To String());
}
catch(System.Ex ception exc)
{
MessageBox.Show (exc.Message.To String());
}
>

Just double-up the { }

string MBConnectBase = @"{0} and {{SQL Server}}";

-cd

[ramhog]

Re: { literal with AppendFormat

Thank you for your reply.
Is there an escape sequence or any other options. Just making sure I
have my bases covered.

- k

Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] wrote:

"ramhog" <kalvin.tuel@ng c.comwrote in message
news:1162935746 .078202.170640@ k70g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hello all,
I would like to use AppendFormat to replace tokens in a string with
actual string values. The problem I am running into however is that my
string uses {} around a string that I do not want formatted. Is there
a way to tell the AppendFormat method not to see certain {} as a token
to be replaced?

In the example here, I want to replace {0} with the string "Test" but
leave the string {SQL Server} just like it is in the string.

string MBConnectBase = @"{0} and {SQL Server}";
try
{
System.Text.Str ingBuilder builder = new
System.Text.Str ingBuilder();

string format = MBConnectBase;
builder.AppendF ormat(format, "Test");

System.Diagnost ics.Debug.Write Line(builder.To String());
}
catch(System.Ex ception exc)
{
MessageBox.Show (exc.Message.To String());
}

>
Just double-up the { }
>
string MBConnectBase = @"{0} and {{SQL Server}}";
>
-cd

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Re: { literal with AppendFormat

"ramhog" <kalvin.tuel@ng c.comwrote in message
news:1162936599 .395252.249060@ h54g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .

Thank you for your reply.
Is there an escape sequence or any other options. Just making sure I
have my bases covered.

The doubled {{ is the only escape sequence - no other characters besides { }
have specific meaning in a composite format string.

-cd