To format a string, use %s.
The following code format String value in both upper case and lower case.
import java.util.*; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { Formatter fmt = new Formatter(); fmt.format("Formatting %s is %S%c", "with Java", "easy", '!'); System.out.println(fmt); // w w w .j ava 2s . c o m fmt.close(); } }