String.Format Method (IFormatProvider, String, Object[])
Replaces the format items in a specified string with the string representations of corresponding objects in a specified array. A parameter supplies culture-specific formatting information.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static string Format( IFormatProvider provider, string format, params Object[] args )
Parameters
- provider
- Type: System.IFormatProvider
An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.
- format
- Type: System.String
- args
- Type: System.Object[]
An object array that contains zero or more objects to format.
Return Value
Type: System.StringA copy of format in which the format items have been replaced by the string representation of the corresponding objects in args.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | format or args is null. |
| FormatException | format is invalid. -or- The index of a format item is less than zero, or greater than or equal to the length of the args array. |
 Note |
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For examples and comprehensive usage information about this and other overloads of the Format method, see the Format overload summary. |
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
