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Diffstat (limited to 'src/jvm14-library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala')
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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/jvm14-library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala b/src/jvm14-library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala index 2496ddc64b..f38b79cc92 100644 --- a/src/jvm14-library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala +++ b/src/jvm14-library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala @@ -224,6 +224,28 @@ final class RichString(val self: String) extends Proxy with RandomAccessSeq[Char self.getChars(0, length, result, 0) result } + + + /** <p> + * Uses the underlying string as a pattern (in a fashion similar to + * printf in C), and uses the supplied arguments to fill in the + * holes. Only works on Java 1.5 or higher! + * </p> + * <p> + * The interpretation of the formatting patterns is described in + * <a href="" target="contentFrame" class="java/util/Formatter"> + * <code>java.util.Formatter</code></a>. + * </p> + * + * @param args the arguments used to instantiating the pattern. + * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException + */ + def format(args : Any*) : String = { + val m = classOf[String].getDeclaredMethod("format", classOf[String], classOf[Array[Object]]) + m.invoke(null, self, + args.asInstanceOf[scala.runtime.BoxedObjectArray]. + unbox(args.getClass).asInstanceOf[Array[Object]]).asInstanceOf[String] + } } object RichString { |