Use MessageFormat to format a sentence : Message Format « I18N « Java Tutorial

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2. I18N
3. Message Format

import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.util.Date;

class MessageFormatApp {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    String pattern = "The time is {0,time} and ";
    pattern += "your lucky number is {1,number}.";
    MessageFormat format = new MessageFormat(pattern);
    Object objects[] = { new Date(), new Integer((int) (Math.random() * 1000)) };
    String formattedOutput = format.format(objects);
    System.out.println(formattedOutput);
  }
}