AnsiStringT::cat_sprintf Method

Appends the result of a given format string and its arguments to the end of the System::AnsiStringT.

Pascal

function cat_sprintf(const format: char*; : ...): AnsiStringT&; cdecl;

C++

__cdecl AnsiStringT& cat_sprintf(const char* format, ...);

Description

Use cat_System::AnsiStringT::cat_sprintf to append to the value of the System::AnsiStringT given a standard C++ format specifier. Pass the values to any arguments in the format specifier as additional parameters following the format parameter.

For example, the following code

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AnsiString Salutation = "Mr."
AnsiString s = "";
s.cat_sprintf("Dear %s ", Salutation);
s.cat_sprintf("%s,", "Smith");

results in an System::AnsiStringT with the value

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Dear Mr. Smith,

This method returns a reference to the System::AnsiStringT (*this) with the resulting value.