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StringForm

StringForm["controlstring", expr1, ...]
prints as the text of the controlstring, with the printed forms of the expri embedded.
  • `i` in the control string indicates a point at which to print expri.
  • `` includes the next expri not yet printed.
  • `.` prints a raw ` in the output string.  »
  • You can use StringForm to set up "formatted output".
  • Messages given as values for objects of the form s::t are used as control strings for StringForm.
Insert a single value into a string:
Insert a sequence of values into a string:
Insert indexed values:
Insert a single value into a string:
In[1]:=
Click for copyable input
Out[1]=
 
Insert a sequence of values into a string:
In[1]:=
Click for copyable input
Out[1]=
 
Insert indexed values:
In[1]:=
Click for copyable input
Out[1]=
Embed a symbolic result:
Embed an unevaluated symbolic expression:
Include an explicit ` character in a string:
Insert any number of expressions into a string:
Expressions can be inserted in the output string more than once:
StringForm returns a string with items inserted as output:
Message prints a string with items inserted:
StringInsert inserts a string into a string:
There should be enough items to fill the placeholders in the control string:
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