How do I put variables inside javascript strings?

Question

s = \'hello %s, how are you doing\' % (my_name)

That\'s how you do it in python. How can you do that in javascript/node.js?

Answer 1

I wrote a function which solves the problem precisely.

First argument is the string that wanted to be parameterized. You should put your variables in this string like this format "%s1, %s2, ... %s12".

Other arguments are the parameters respectively for that string.

/***
 * @example parameterizedString("my name is %s1 and surname is %s2", "John", "Doe");
 * @return "my name is John and surname is Doe"
 *
 * @firstArgument {String} like "my name is %s1 and surname is %s2"
 * @otherArguments {String | Number}
 * @returns {String}
 */
const parameterizedString = (...args) => {
  const str = args[0];
  const params = args.filter((arg, index) => index !== 0);
  if (!str) return "";
  return str.replace(/%s[0-9]+/g, matchedStr => {
    const variableIndex = matchedStr.replace("%s", "") - 1;
    return params[variableIndex];
  });
}

Examples

parameterizedString("my name is %s1 and surname is %s2", "John", "Doe");
// returns "my name is John and surname is Doe"

parameterizedString("this%s1 %s2 %s3", " method", "sooo", "goood");
// returns "this method sooo goood"

If variable position changes in that string, this function supports it too without changing the function parameters.

parameterizedString("i have %s2 %s1 and %s4 %s3.", "books", 5, "pencils", "6");
// returns "i have 5 books and 6 pencils."