Everybody loves
QString("Put something here %1 and here %2")
.arg(replacement1)
.arg(replacement2);
but things get itchy as soon as you have the faintest chance that replacement1
actually contains %1
or even %2
anywhere. Then, the second QString::arg()
will replace only the re-introduced %1
or both %2
occurrences. Anyway, you won't get the literal "%1"
that you probably intended.
Is there any standard trick to overcome this?
If you need an example to play with, take this
#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <QDebug>
int main()
{
qDebug() << QString("%1-%2").arg("%1").arg("foo");
return 0;
}
This will output
"foo-%2"
instead of
"%1-foo"
as might be expected (not).
qDebug() << QString("%1-%2").arg("%2").arg("foo");
gives
"foo-foo"
and
qDebug() << QString("%1-%2").arg("%3").arg("foo");
gives
"%3-foo"
See the Qt docs about QString::arg():
QString str;
str = "%1 %2";
str.arg("%1f", "Hello"); // returns "%1f Hello"