How to format strings in Java
Primitive question, but how do I format strings like this: “Step {1} of {2}” by substituting variables using Java? In C# it’s easy. 10 Answers 10
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Format a datetime into a string with milliseconds
How can I format a datetime object as a string with milliseconds? 15 Answers 15
Format in Kotlin string templates
Kotlin has an excellent feature called string templates. val i = 10 val s = “i = $i” // evaluates to “i = 10” But is it possible to have any formatting in the templates? For example, I would like to format Double in string templates in kotlin, at least to set a number of … Read more
How can I format a number into a string with leading zeros?
I have a number that I need to convert to a string. First I used this: Key = i.ToString(); But I realize it’s being sorted in a strange order and so I need to pad it with zeros. How could I do this? 11 Answers 11
How can I format a decimal to always show 2 decimal places?
I want to display: 49 as 49.00 and: 54.9 as 54.90 Regardless of the length of the decimal or whether there are are any decimal places, I would like to display a Decimal with 2 decimal places, and I’d like to do it in an efficient way. The purpose is to display money values. eg, … Read more
Using String Format to show decimal up to 2 places or simple integer
I have got a price field to display which sometimes can be either 100 or 100.99 or 100.9, What I want is to display the price in 2 decimal places only if the decimals are entered for that price , for instance if its 100 so it should only show 100 not 100.00 and if … Read more
Best way to format integer as string with leading zeros? [duplicate]
This question already has answers here: Display number with leading zeros (17 answers) Closed 5 years ago. I need to add leading zeros to integer to make a string with defined quantity of digits ($cnt). What the best way to translate this simple function from PHP to Python: function add_nulls($int, $cnt=2) { $int = intval($int); … Read more
Format a Go string without printing?
Is there a simple way to format a string in Go without printing the string? I can do: bar := “bar” fmt.Printf(“foo: %s”, bar) But I want the formatted string returned rather than printed so I can manipulate it further. I could also do something like: s := “foo: ” + bar But this becomes … Read more
Is it possible to have placeholders in strings.xml for runtime values?
Is it possible to have placeholders in string values in string.xml that can be assigned values at run time? Example: some string PLACEHOLDER1 some more string 14 s 14 Formatting and Styling Yes, see the following from String Resources: Formatting and Styling If you need to format your strings using String.format(String, Object…), then you can … Read more
How can I fill out a Python string with spaces?
I want to fill out a string with spaces. I know that the following works for zero’s: >>> print “‘%06d'”%4 ‘000004’ But what should I do when I want this?: ‘hi ‘ of course I can measure string length and do str+” “*leftover, but I’d like the shortest way. 14 s 14 You can do … Read more
