StringForm["controlstring",expr1,…]
prints as the text of the controlstring, with the printed forms of the expri embedded.


StringForm
StringForm["controlstring",expr1,…]
prints as the text of the controlstring, with the printed forms of the expri embedded.
Details

- `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.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Scope (4)
Properties & Relations (1)
StringForm prints as a string with items inserted as output:
Message prints a string with items inserted:

StringInsert inserts a string into a string:
See Also
Tech Notes
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History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 2003 (5.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), StringForm, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringForm.html (updated 2003).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "StringForm." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2003. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringForm.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). StringForm. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringForm.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_stringform, author="Wolfram Research", title="{StringForm}", year="2003", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringForm.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_stringform, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={StringForm}, year={2003}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringForm.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}