How is there no common String.format yet? :disappointed:

# multiplatform

[tylerwilson]

How is there no common String.format yet? 😞

[Dominaezzz]

Not enough votes I guess. https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-4859

[Dominaezzz]

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-21644

[Casey Brooks]

The main reason is that String.format is localized and internationalization is a pain and difficult to do right. It’s not something the dev team can confidently implement in common code yet. Plus, it’s much less needed when you have string interpolation available

[tylerwilson]

Thank you. I get the localization issues. For now I just needed a 0 leading precision flag. I will roll my own for now.

[tylerwilson]

Put in my votes for those issues too. Thanks again!