I was looking for `String.format` and, to my surpr...

# multiplatform

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I was looking for String.format and, to my surprise, it's still jvm only.
Consider voting https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-25506

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I don't think it's surprising - among other things, it interacts with Locale, which is JVM-only

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is it that complicate to port it to native as well?

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found this https://github.com/sergeych/mp_stools

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that doesn't handle Locale. fine if you don't need it, but you can't replace the Java formatter without pulling in huge dependencies like ICU

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e.g.

Locale.setDefault(<http://Locale.US|Locale.US>);     "%,g".format(1234.5) == "1,234.5"
Locale.setDefault(Locale.FRANCE); "%,g".format(1234.5) == "1 234,5"