Java Formatter.toString()

Syntax

Formatter.toString() has the following syntax.

public String toString()

Example

In the following code shows how to use Formatter.toString() method.


import java.util.Formatter;
import java.util.Locale;
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public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
      Formatter formatter = new Formatter(buffer, Locale.US);

      // format a new string
      String name = "from java2s.com";
      formatter.format("Hello %s !", name);

      // print the formatted string with default locale
      System.out.println(formatter);

      // print the formatter as a string
      System.out.println(formatter.toString());
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.