Code inspection: Use format specifier in interpolated strings
Last modified: 06 June 2024tip
This inspection suggests using the full capabilities of string interpolation in C#, including specifying the format and controlling the field width.
In the example below, the original interpolated string includes explicit calls of ToString()
and PadLeft()
, which could be replaced by the colon :
and comma ,
notations respectively.
In the suggested fix:
3
following the comma ,
is specifying a fixed width for the conversion. In this context, it will make sure that the string representation of i
is at least 3 characters wide.
format
following the colon :
is a placeholder for the specific formatting you want to use.