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init(format:locale:arguments:)

Returns an NSString object initialized by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted according to given locale information. This method is meant to be called from within a variadic function, where the argument list will be available.

Declaration

convenience init(format: String, locale: Any?, arguments argList: CVaListPointer)

Parameters

  • format:

    A format string. See 20000943 for examples of how to use this method, and TP40004265 for a list of format specifiers. This value must not be nil.

  • locale:

    An Nslocale object specifying the locale to use. To use the current locale (specified by user preferences), pass [Nslocale Current]. To use the system locale, pass nil.

    For legacy support, this may be an instance of NSDictionary containing locale information.

  • argList:

    A list of arguments to substitute into format.

Return Value

An NSString object initialized by using format as a template into which values in argList are substituted according the locale information in locale. The returned object may be different from the original receiver.

Discussion

The following Objective-C code fragment illustrates how to create a string from myArgs, which is derived from a string object with the value “Cost:” and an int with the value 32:

va_list myArgs;
 
NSString *myString = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@: %d\n"
                                               locale:[NSLocale currentLocale]
                                            arguments:myArgs];

The resulting string has the value “Cost: 32\n”.

See String Programming Guide for more information.

See Also

Creating and Initializing Strings