Re: [Vala] string format with numbered parameters

[Abderrahim Kitouni <a kitouni gmail com>]

Hi,

2018-05-20 17:39 GMT+01:00 rastersoft <raster rastersoft com>:
> Hi all:
>
> I want to know if it is possible to use "numbered parameters" to format an
> string. I mean: let's say I have this translatable string:
>
> var str = _("The disk %s, with size %s, is ready").printf(disk_uid,
> disk_size);
>
> But imagine that in language XXX it is more correct to put first the disk
> size, and after the disk identifier. Is it possible to "number" the
> parameters, to say "put here the second string" and "put here the first
> string", to allow translators to swap the parameters in the string?

You don't need to do anything, the translators can translate the above
string as "xxx xxxx %2$s xx xxxx xxx xxx %1$s" to have things appear
in the correct order.

HTH,

Abderrahim