Parsing formatted string

Question

I am trying to create a generic formatter/parser combination.

Example scenario:

• I have a string for string.Format(), e.g. var format = \"{0}-{1}\

Answer 1

It's simply not possible in the generic case. Some information will be "lost" (string boundaries) in the Format method. Assume:

String.Format("{0}-{1}", "hello-world", "stack-overflow");

How would you "Unformat" it?