Formatting string in Java using return string.format(...)

Question

Say I want to return something like this: "Title bookTitle, Author bookAuthor: $cost"

The ones in bold are variables. I can't figure out how to return this using string.format("%s .., blah blah")

Solution 1

String title = "bookTitle";
String author = "bookAuthor";
double cost = 100;
String text = String.format("Title %s, Author %s: $%.2f", title, author, cost);
System.out.println(text); // prints "Title bookTitle, Author bookAuthor: $100.00"
// or System.out.pritnf("Title %s, Author %s: $%.2f", title, author, cost);

Solution 2

2 strings and a float with precision 2

String.format("Title %s, Author %s: $%f.2", bookTitle, bookAuthor, cost);

Solution 3

String fs;
fs = String.format("Title %t, Author %a: $%c", bookTitle, bookAuthor, cost);
System.out.println(fs);

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