Composite format strings / Interpolated strings

Use this sheet to specify how comment values of composite format strings and interpolated strings are checked.

Composite format strings / Interpolated strings comment check

Specifies how the comment value of composite format strings / interpolated strings are checked. Possible values are:

Value	Description
None	Comments are not required, and they are not checked.
Comment value required	Comments are required, but the content of the comments are not checked.
Placeholder description required	Comments are required, and the content of the comments is checked. For each placeholder, you have to have the following text in the comment: index/name comment where index is the placeholder index. The plain number is recommended, but the actual string can be anything, but there must be a number such as 0, {1}, {{0}}, %1:s, etc. name is the placeholder name. comment is the description of the placeholder.

The following table contains some samples. Sample string contains the actual resource string value. Sample comment contains a comment string that the checker accepts. Required characters (i.e., placeholder index) are marked with bold typeface.

Platform	Sample string in code	Sample string in edit grid	Sample comment
.NET	Hello {0}, welcome to {1}	Hello [0], welcome to [1]	<data name="Str" xml:space="preserve"> <value>Hello {0}, welcome to {1}</value> <comment>0: Name of the person, 1: Name of the place</comment> </data>
Angular	Hello {{name}}, welcome to {{place}}	Hello [name], welcome to [place]	<p i18n="name: Name of the person, place: Name of the place"> Hello {{name}}, welcome to {{place}} </p>
Delphi	Hello %s, welcome to %s	Hello [0], welcome to [1]	resourcestring SStr = 'Hello %s, welcome to %s'; //loc 0: Name of the person, 1: Name of the place
WiX	Hello [name], welcome to [place]	Hello [name], welcome to [place]