Question

i was used with php to use printf to build my strings, but i cannot find anything similar with asp and i end up writing crap like:

WrapTag="<"&Tag&">"&Text&"&nbsp;</"&Tag&">"

instead i would liek to write something more readable, like:

WrapTag=String.Format("<{0}>{1}</{2}>",Tag,Text,Tag)

as it was shown with this url:
http://idunno.org/archive/2004/07/14/122.aspx but it is not working.
Can anyone help me on that?

Answer 1

The code that you show is correct.

You don’t have to send in the tag name twice, you can use the same value twice in the format:

WrapTag = String.Format("<{0}>{1}</{0}>",Tag,Text)