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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) The Model-View-Controller Pattern Adding Custom Constructors

Rene Keuter
Rene Keuter
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Posted by Rene Keuter
Rene Keuter
1,803 Points

Where does the %1$s come from? I know it's the name that the user typed.

I see in the story ben wrote that he used this piece of code to refer to the name the user typed. It's not clear to me where to find it and how you get it in. Maybe a dumb question, but i think it's important for the story :)

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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

You'll be using String.format() to add the name into the story which uses the % sign to specify where and what to format. 1$ means the first argument after the format string, and s means it will be a string.

You can see all the gory details of format strings at http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Formatter.html