Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static String format(String input, String... replacements) { String regex = ":[a-zA-Z]*"; Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input); Integer i = 0; while (matcher.find()) { input = input.replace(matcher.group(), replacements[i]); i++; } System.out.println(input); return input; } }