Curly Braces in string.Format in C#
By FoxLearn 12/27/2024 2:41:11 AM 306
If you got an error "Input string was not in a correct format." when using string formatting like this:
// Wrong var str = string.Format("{ \"data\": {0} }", data); //System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
The error "Input string was not in a correct format" typically occurs when there's an issue with how placeholders or format specifiers are used in a string.Format
method.
// Correct var str = string.Format("{{ \"data\": {0} }}", data);
How to use Curly Braces in string.Format
string str = string.Format("This is a string with curly braces: {{ and }}"); Console.WriteLine(str); //This is a string with curly braces: { and }
To insert a single {
or }
, you use {{
and }}
. The string.Format()
method will interpret these as literal braces, not placeholders for variables.
If you want to combine placeholders and literal curly braces, you can do something like this:
int age = 38; string result = string.Format("Your age is: {{ {0} }}", age); Console.WriteLine(result); //Your age is: { 38 }
{0}
is a placeholder for the age
variable.
{{
and }}
are used to include the literal curly braces around the number.
This method allows you to use curly braces both as part of the formatting system and as literal characters in the string.
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