escaping formatting characters in java String.format

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This question is pretty much the same as this .Net question exept for java.

How do you escape the %1$ characters in a java String.format?

THe reason I need to do this is that I'm building up a string that will later have more info inserted into it. I've thought of having one of the args just be "%1$" but that doesn't seem to be very elegant?

sorry if this is obvious my java is a tad rusty.

Draemon · Accepted Answer · 2008-10-14 14:14:37Z

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You can just double up the %

answered Oct 14, 2008 at 14:14

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gizmo · Accepted Answer · 2008-10-14 14:43:21Z

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Either you can use the proposal of Draemon, either you can also have a look at java.text.MessageFormat class that has more powerfull formatting abilities than String.format()

answered Oct 14, 2008 at 14:43

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