string.build

Syntax

sr := string.build(s<,a1><,a2>...)

Build a string using token replacement. The string s is used as the base. The tokens %1, %2, %3 etc. are used to indicate the locations that subsequent parameters a1, a2, etc. will be place. The following parameters will be automatically converted to strings, if necessary. If this is not possible, an error will occur.

Returns:

sr - concatenated string

Arguments:

s - strings to concatenate

Usage Example

The following example illustrates how string.build can be used, the result will be the string v1 = 12, v2 = 3.456.

local v1 = 12
local v2 = 3.456
local a = string.build("v1 = %1,  v2 = %2.",v1,v2)
io.out(a)