Date: 07/15/07 (C Sharp)    Keywords: no keywords

Hi, just joined!

I'm working on a program which has to generate reports based on some data. I want to be able to specify a template for the report, using placeholders like %a or %b for various bits of data.

Seems like this should be extremely simple, using the String.Replace method, however I'm trying that and nothing at all is getting replaced. Here's an example:

TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(filename);

String headerText = header.Text;
headerText = headerText.Replace("&&", "&");
headerText = headerText.Replace("&t", trainerName.Text);
headerText = headerText.Replace("&a", tradable.ToString());
headerText = headerText.Replace("&w", wanted.ToString());
headerText = headerText.Replace("&d", diamondFriendCode.Text);
headerText = headerText.Replace("&p", pearlFriendCode.Text);
headerText = headerText.Replace("&b", battleRevFriendCode.Text);
headerText = headerText.Replace("&", "&");

if (displayHeader.Checked)
     tw.WriteLine(headerText);

%t's trade list
Friend codes:
Diamond: %d
Pearl: %p
Battle Revolution: %b

%t's trade list
Friend codes:
Diamond: %d
Pearl: %p
Battle Revolution: %b

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/csharp/85552.html