How to use placeholders in a string resource programmatically

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ApptacularApps-8305 asked Jun 10, '20 ApptacularApps-8305 edited Jun 10, '20

What's the correct way to access a string resource and use its placeholders? The method I tried didn't work for me.

Name: MyPlaceholders

Value: {0} ({1})

What I want to put in each placeholder: Hello (World)

C#

 resourceLoader.GetString("MyPlaceholders")

Current result

 {0} ({1})

windows-uwp-xaml

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Answer 1 · 2020-06-10T15:09:18.3Z

mrlacey answered Jun 10, '20

As the resource holds the format, you need to populate it.

string.Format(resourceLoader.GetString("MyPlaceholders"), "Hello", "World")

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