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Function `std.format.format`

Format arguments into a string.



typeof(fmt) format(alias fmt, Args...)
(


  Args args


)


if (isSomeString!(typeof(fmt)));




immutable(Char)[] format(Char, Args...)
(


  in Char[] fmt,


  Args args


)


if (isSomeChar!Char);

If the format string is fixed, passing it as a template parameter checks the type correctness of the parameters at compile-time. This also can result in better performance.

Parameters

Name	Description
fmt	Format string. For detailed specification, see `formattedWrite`.
args	Variadic list of arguments to format into returned string.

Throws

if the number of arguments doesn't match the number of format parameters and vice-versa.

Example

Type checking can be done when fmt is known at compile-time:

auto s = format!"%s is %s"("Pi", 3.14);
writeln(s); // "Pi is 3.14"

static assert(!__traits(compiles, {s = format!"%l"();}));     // missing arg
static assert(!__traits(compiles, {s = format!""(404);}));    // surplus arg
static assert(!__traits(compiles, {s = format!"%d"(4.03);})); // incompatible arg

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, and Kenji Hara

License

Boost License 1.0.