Question

Is there a way for the format string used in a call to string.format to contain a { character that is not used for substring insertion?

For example how could I do this…

string.format("my format has this { in it {0}", abc);

returning…

"my format has this { in it abc"

I need to do this as the string I am creating in HTML and will contan a script block of javascript.

Thank you

Answer 1

Yup, you just need to double it:

string.Format("my format has this {{ in it {0}", abc);

See the “escaping braces” section on the MSDN page for Composite Formatting for more details.