I'd like to format a string for Qt label, I'm programming in C++ on Qt.
In ObjC I would write something like:
NSString *format=[NSString stringWithFormat: ... ];
How to do something like that in Qt?
You can use QString.arg like this
QString my_formatted_string = QString("%1/%2-%3.txt").arg("~", "Tom", "Jane");
// You get "~/Tom-Jane.txt"
This method is preferred over sprintf because:
Changing the position of the string without having to change the ordering of substitution, e.g.
// To get "~/Jane-Tom.txt"
QString my_formatted_string = QString("%1/%3-%2.txt").arg("~", "Tom", "Jane");
Or, changing the type of the arguments doesn't require changing the format string, e.g.
// To get "~/Tom-1.txt"
QString my_formatted_string = QString("%1/%2-%3.txt").arg("~", "Tom", QString::number(1));
As you can see, the change is minimal. Of course, you generally do not need to care about the type that is passed into QString::arg() since most types are correctly overloaded.
One drawback though: QString::arg() doesn't handle std::string. You will need to call: QString::fromStdString() on your std::string to make it into a QString before passing it to QString::arg(). Try to separate the classes that use QString from the classes that use std::string. Or if you can, switch to QString altogether.
UPDATE: Examples are updated thanks to Frank Osterfeld.
UPDATE: Examples are updated thanks to alexisdm.