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[generallee5686]

Just a quick question, im just taking a C# class.

Is there a way to have a variable inside a text string like:
Console.Write("Answer: {0}",answer);

But instead do it inside of a MessageBox.Show(

Thanks

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

generallee5686,

You can always format the string before you make the call to Show. So,
you could do this:

string prompt = string.Format("Answer: {0}", answer);
MessageBox.Show(prompt);

Hope this helps.
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"generallee5686" <u18038@uwe> wrote in message news:5ada7c985ce28@uwe...

Just a quick question, im just taking a C# class.

Is there a way to have a variable inside a text string like:
Console.Write("Answer: {0}",answer);

But instead do it inside of a MessageBox.Show(

Thanks

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\)]

generallee5686,

MessageBox doesn't provide this out of the box, but it can be easily
workaround using String.Format method

Message.Box.Show(string.Format("Answer: {0}",answer"));
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Stoitcho Goutsev (100)

"generallee5686" <u18038@uwe> wrote in message news:5ada7c985ce28@uwe...

Just a quick question, im just taking a C# class.

Is there a way to have a variable inside a text string like:
Console.Write("Answer: {0}",answer);

But instead do it inside of a MessageBox.Show(

Thanks

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

generallee5686 <u18038@uwe> wrote:

Just a quick question, im just taking a C# class.

Is there a way to have a variable inside a text string like:
Console.Write("Answer: {0}",answer);

But instead do it inside of a MessageBox.Show(

Use string.Format:

MessageBox.Show (string.Format ("Answer: {0}", answer),
...);

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[generallee5686]

Wow that helped tons guys.
Thanks so much!

[Michael Bray]

I like to build a function that takes params....

private void ShowMsg(string fmt, params object[] prms)
{
MessageBox.Show(string.Format(fmt, prms));
}

ShowMsg("Answer: {0}", answer);

-mdb

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generallee5686 <u18038@uwe> wrote:

Just a quick question, im just taking a C# class.

Is there a way to have a variable inside a text string like:
Console.Write("Answer: {0}",answer);

But instead do it inside of a MessageBox.Show(

Use string.Format:

MessageBox.Show (string.Format ("Answer: {0}", answer),
...);

[generallee5686]

Just another quick question about that.

So does like Console.Write have string.Format built into it or something?

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

generallee5686 <u18038@uwe> wrote:

Just another quick question about that.

So does like Console.Write have string.Format built into it or something?

Basically, yes. The overload
Console.Write (string, params object[])
calls through to TextWriter.Write(string, params object[])
which in turn calls string.Format.

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