String interpolation

DATA(apples) = 4.
WRITE |I have { apples } apples|.

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

apples=4
echo "I have $apples apples"
# or
echo "I have ${apples} apples"

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

apples = 4
print("I have $(apples) apples")
# or
print("I have {0} apples" % apples)

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

var apples = 4;
var bananas = 3;

Console.WriteLine($"I have {apples} apples");
Console.WriteLine($"I have {apples + bananas} fruits");

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The output will be:

I have 4 apples
I have 7 fruits

ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) script syntax:

apples = 4;
writeOutput("I have #apples# apples");

Tag syntax:

<cfset apples = 4>
<cfoutput>I have #apples# apples</cfoutput>

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

apples = 4
console.log "I have #{apples} apples"

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

int apples = 4, bananas = 3;
print('I have $apples apples.');
print('I have ${apples+bananas} fruit.');

The output will be:

I have 4 apples.
I have 7 fruit.

In groovy, interpolated strings are known as GStrings:

def quality = "superhero"
final age = 52
def sentence = "A developer is a $quality, if he is ${age <= 42 ? "young" : "seasoned"}"
println sentence

The output will be:

A developer is a superhero if he is seasoned

var apples = 4;
var bananas = 3;
trace('I have $apples apples.');
trace('I have ${apples+bananas} fruit.');

The output will be:

I have 4 apples.
I have 7 fruit.

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In Java versions 5 and above, the static method String.format can be used for interpolation:

int apples = 4;
int bananas = 3;
System.out.println(String.format("I have %s apples and %s bananas", apples, bananas));
System.out.println(String.format("I have %s fruit", apples + bananas));

In Java version 1.1 and above, the MessageFormat class can format sets of objects using placeholders:

Object[] testArgs = {Long.valueOf(3), "MyDisk"};

MessageFormat form = new MessageFormat(
  "The disk \"{1}\" contains {0} file(s).");

System.out.println(form.format(testArgs));

JavaScript, as of the ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) standard, supports string interpolation using backticks ``. This feature is called template literals.[7] Here is an example:

var apples = 4;
var bananas = 3;
console.log(`I have ${apples} apples`);
console.log(`I have ${apples + bananas} fruit`);

The output will be:

I have 4 apples
I have 7 fruit

apples = 4
bananas = 3
print("I have $apples apples and $bananas bananas, making $(apples + bananas) pieces of fruit in total.")

The output will be:

I have 4 apples and 3 bananas, making 7 pieces of fruit in total.

val quality = "superhero"
val apples = 4
val bananas = 3
val sentence = "A developer is a $quality. I have ${apples + bananas} fruit"
println(sentence)

The output will be:

A developer is a superhero. I have 7 fruit

def apples = 4;
def bananas = 3;
Console.WriteLine($"I have $apples apples.");
Console.WriteLine($"I have $(apples + bananas) fruit.");

It also supports advanced formatting features, such as:

def fruit = ["apple", "banana"];
Console.WriteLine($<#I have ..$(fruit; "\n"; f => f + "s")#>);

The output will be:

apples
bananas

The recommended syntax is ${expr} though $var is also supported:

quality = "superhero"
apples = 4
bananas = 3
sentence = "A developer is a $quality. I have ${apples + bananas} fruit"
echo(sentence)

The output will be:

A developer is a superhero. I have 7 fruit

Nim provides string interpolation via the strutils module. Formatted string literals inspired by Python F-string are provided via the strformat module, the strformat macro verifies that the format string is well-formed and well-typed, and then are expanded into Nim source code at compile-time.

import strutils, strformat
var apples = 4
var bananas = 3
echo "I have $1 apples".format(apples)
echo fmt"I have {apples} apples"
echo fmt"I have {apples + bananas} fruits"

# Multi-line
echo fmt"""
I have 
{apples} apples"""

# Debug the formatting
echo fmt"I have {apples=} apples"

# Custom openChar and closeChar characters
echo fmt("I have (apples) {apples}", '(', ')')

# Backslash inside the formatted string literal
echo fmt"""{ "yep\nope" }"""

The output will be:

I have 4 apples
I have 4 apples
I have 7 fruits
I have
4 apples
I have apples=4 apples
I have 4 {apples}
yep
ope

const Apples := 4
const Bananas := 3
Println ("I have `(Apples) apples.\n")
Println ("I have `(Apples+Bananas) fruit.\n")

The output will be:

I have 4 apples.
I have 7 fruit.

my $apples = 4;
my $bananas = 3;
print "I have $apples apples.\n";
print "I have @{[$apples+$bananas]} fruit.\n";  # Uses the Perl array (@) interpolation.

The output will be:

I have 4 apples.
I have 7 fruit.

<?php
$apples = 5;
$bananas = 3;
echo "There are $apples apples and $bananas bananas.";
echo "\n";
echo "I have ${apples} apples and ${bananas} bananas.";

The output will be:

There are 5 apples and 3 bananas.
I have 5 apples and 3 bananas.

# in all versions
apples = 4
bananas = 3
print("I have %d apples and %d bananas" % (apples, bananas))  # no longer recommended
print("I have %(apples)d apples and %(bananas)d bananas" % locals())  # no longer recommended
# with Python 2.6+
print("I have {0} apples and {1} bananas".format(apples, bananas))
print("I have {a} apples and {b} bananas".format(b=bananas, a=apples))
# with Python 2.7+
print("I have {} apples and {} bananas".format(apples, bananas))
# or with Python 3.6+
print(f"I have {apples} apples and {bananas} bananas")

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The output will be:

I have 4 apples and 3 bananas

apples = 4
puts "I have #{apples} apples"
# or
puts "I have %s apples" % apples
# or
puts "I have %{a} apples" % {a: apples}

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

Rust provides string interpolation via the std::fmt module, which is interfaced with through various macros such as format!, write!, and print!. These macros are converted into Rust source code at compile-time, whereby each argument interacts with a formatter. The formatter supports positional parameters, named parameters, argument types, and defining various formatting traits.

let (apples, bananas) = (4, 3);
println!("There are {} apples and {} bananas.", apples, bananas);

The output will be:

There are 4 apples and 3 bananas.

Scala 2.10+ has implemented the following string interpolators: s, f and raw. It is also possible to write custom ones or override the standard ones.

The f interpolator is a compiler macro that rewrites a format string with embedded expressions as an invocation of String.format. It verifies that the format string is well-formed and well-typed.

Scala 2.10+'s string interpolation allows embedding variable references directly in processed string literals. Here is an example:

val apples = 4
val bananas = 3
//before Scala 2.10
printf("I have %d apples\n", apples)
println("I have %d apples" format apples)
//Scala 2.10+
println(s"I have $apples apples")
println(s"I have ${apples + bananas} fruits")
println(f"I have $apples%d apples")

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

In Sciter any function with name starting from $ is considered as interpolating function and so interpolation is customizable and context sensitive:

var apples = 4
var bananas = 3
var domElement = ...;

domElement.$content(<p>I have {apples} apples</p>);
domElement.$append(<p>I have {apples + bananas} fruits</p>);

Where

domElement.$content(<p>I have {apples} apples</p>);

gets compiled to this:

domElement.html = "<p>I have " + apples.toHtmlString() + " apples</p>";

   apples = 4 ; bananas = 3
   Output = "I have " apples " apples."
   Output = "I have "  (apples + bananas) " fruit."

The output will be:

I have 4 apples.
I have 7 fruit.

In Swift, a new String value can be created from a mix of constants, variables, literals, and expressions by including their values inside a string literal. Each item inserted into the string literal is wrapped in a pair of parentheses, prefixed by a backslash.

let apples = 4
print("I have \(apples) apples")

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

The Tool Command Language has always supported string interpolation in all quote-delimited strings.

set apples 4
puts "I have $apples apples."

The output will be:

I have 4 apples.

In order to actually format - and not simply replace - the values, there is a formatting function.

set apples 4
puts [format "I have %d apples." $apples]

As of version 1.4, TypeScript supports string interpolation using backticks ``. Here is an example:

var apples: number = 4;
console.log(`I have ${apples} apples`);

The output will be:

I have 4 apples

The console.log function can be used as a printf function. The above example can be rewritten, thusly:

var apples: number = 4;
console.log("I have %d apples", apples);

The output remains the same.

As of Visual Basic 14, String Interpolation is supported in Visual Basic.

name = "Tom"
Console.WriteLine($"Hello, {name}")

will print "Hello, Tom".