Resharper string.format shortcut

Question

I often find myself writing

var message = \"Hello {0}\";

and then going back and typing in

var message = string.Format(\"He         


        

Answer 1

You can almost do this with a Visual Studio snippet (i.e. without ReSharper).

Save the following as a file with a .snippet extension.

    

        
        Matthew Strawbridge
        Wraps the selected text with string.Format
        
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Then you can load it via Tools | Code Snippets Manager | Import.

Once the snippet is available, you can type

var message = "Hello {0}"

but you'd have to select the string and then press CtrlK CtrlS and select the snippet name to apply it. This would generate

var message = string.Format("Hello {0}", value);

with the value part selected for editing.

Edit: There's also a Snippet Designer extension that makes working with snippets easier.