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String::Format Method (IFormatProvider^, String^, Object^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Replaces the format item or items in a specified string with the string representation of the corresponding object. A parameter supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Namespace:   System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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static String^ Format(
	IFormatProvider^ provider,
	String^ format,
	Object^ arg0
)

Parameters

provider
Type: System::IFormatProvider^

An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

format
Type: System::String^

A composite format string.

arg0
Type: System::Object^

The object to format.

Return Value

Type: System::String^

A copy of format in which the format item or items have been replaced by the string representation of arg0.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

format or arg0 is null.

FormatException

format is invalid.

-or-

The index of a format item is less than zero, or greater than or equal to one.

System_CAPS_noteNote

For examples and comprehensive usage information about this and other overloads of the Format method, see the Format overload summary.

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 10
.NET Framework
Available since 4.6
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