string.Format() with it's "bla {0} bla" syntax is great. But sometimes I don't want to enumerate the placeholders. Instead I just want to map the variables sequentially in the placeholders. Is there a library that can do that?
For instance, instead of
string.Format("string1={0}, string2={1}", v1, v2)
string.Format("string1={*}, string2={*}", v1, v2)
You could accomplish this yourself by writing your own string extension coupled with the params keyword, assuming you're using .NET 3.5 or higher.
Edit: Got bored, the code is sloppy and error prone, but put this class in your project and using its namespace if necessary:
public static class StringExtensions
{
public static string FormatEx(this string s, params string[] parameters)
{
Regex r = new Regex(Regex.Escape("{*}"));
for (int i = 0; i < parameters.Length; i++)
{
s = r.Replace(s, parameters[i], 1);
}
return s;
}
}
Usage:
Console.WriteLine("great new {*} function {*}".FormatEx("one", "two"));