Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Generates a formatted text string given a source string containing * "argument markers" of the form "{argNum}" where each argNum must be in * the range 0..9. The result is generated by inserting the toString of each * argument into the position indicated in the string. * <p> * To insert the "{" character into the output, use a single backslash * character to escape it (i.e. "\{"). The "}" character does not need to be * escaped. * * @param format * String the format to use when printing. * @param args * Object[] the arguments to use. * @return String the formatted message. */ public static String format(String format, Object[] args) { StringBuilder answer = new StringBuilder(format.length() + (args.length * 20)); String[] argStrings = new String[args.length]; for (int i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) { if (args[i] == null) argStrings[i] = "<null>"; else argStrings[i] = args[i].toString(); } int lastI = 0; for (int i = format.indexOf('{', 0); i >= 0; i = format.indexOf('{', lastI)) { if (i != 0 && format.charAt(i - 1) == '\\') { // It's escaped, just print and loop. if (i != 1) answer.append(format.substring(lastI, i - 1)); answer.append('{'); lastI = i + 1; } else { // It's a format character. if (i > format.length() - 3) { // Bad format, just print and loop. answer.append(format.substring(lastI, format.length())); lastI = format.length(); } else { int argnum = (byte) Character.digit(format.charAt(i + 1), 10); if (argnum < 0 || format.charAt(i + 2) != '}') { // Bad format, just print and loop. answer.append(format.substring(lastI, i + 1)); lastI = i + 1; } else { // Got a good one! answer.append(format.substring(lastI, i)); if (argnum >= argStrings.length) answer.append("<missing argument>"); else answer.append(argStrings[argnum]); lastI = i + 3; } } } } if (lastI < format.length()) answer.append(format.substring(lastI, format.length())); return answer.toString(); } }