Replaces one or more format items in a specified string with the string representation of a specified object.
- format
- A composite format string.
- arg0
- The object to format.
A copy of format in which any format items are replaced by the string representation of arg0.
Type Reason ArgumentNullException format is a null reference. FormatException The format specification in format is invalid.
-or-
The number indicating an argument to be formatted is less than zero, or greater than or equal to the number of provided objects to be formatted (1).
For examples and comprehensive usage information about this and other overloads of the Format method, see the erload:System.String.Format overload summary.
The following example demonstrates the string.Format(string, object) method.
C# Example
using System; public class StringFormat { public static void Main() { Console.WriteLine(String.Format("The high temperature today was {0:###} degrees.", 88)); Console.WriteLine("The museum had {0,-6} visitors today.", 88); } }
The output is
Example
The high temperature today was 88 degrees. The museum had 88 visitors today.