OnJava8-Examples/strings/SimpleFormat.java

// strings/SimpleFormat.java
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public class SimpleFormat {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int x = 5;
    double y = 5.332542;
    // The old way:
    System.out.println("Row 1: [" + x + " " + y + "]");
    // The new way:
    System.out.format("Row 1: [%d %f]\n", x, y);
    // or
    System.out.printf("Row 1: [%d %f]\n", x, y);
  }
}
/* Output:
Row 1: [5 5.332542]
Row 1: [5 5.332542]
Row 1: [5 5.332542]
*/