"{}".format(...) doesn't work

[esotericpig]

Your Godot version:

• v4.4.stable.official [4c311cbee]
• Linux

Issue description:

The format() example from this doc doesn't work for me.

var string = "I have {} cats.".format([3])
print(string)

It always produces this for me:

I have {} cats.

I also tried format(3) (no array) and also doesn't work.

The % way works, and {0} works.

Does Godot not support {}? If not, I would like it please. Thanks.

URL to the documentation page:

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_format_string.html

[tetrapod00]

I think this was already fixed by #10741. Does the example in the latest version of the page work for you?

[esotericpig]

Ah okay, so the latest unstable changed it to {0} which works. So no plans to do {} by itself? Is there an issue for that feature request?

Can close issue then. Thanks.

[tetrapod00]

{} by itself as shown in the beginning of the page was just incorrect documentation; a mistake I made while editing the page.

I believe you can use {} by itself with something like this, as shown in the table here:
"Hi, {} v{}!".format(["Godette", "3.0"], "{}")

If you want {} supported in the general case, that would indeed need to start with a proposal. I'm not sure if there is already a specific issue for it, you could try a search like this to check and if not feel free to make a new proposal.

[esotericpig]

{} by itself as shown in the beginning of the page was just incorrect documentation; a mistake I made while editing the page.

I believe you can use {} by itself with something like this, as shown in the table here: "Hi, {} v{}!".format(["Godette", "3.0"], "{}")

If you want {} supported in the general case, that would indeed need to start with a proposal. I'm not sure if there is already a specific issue for it, you could try a search like this to check and if not feel free to make a new proposal.

Yep, that works! Thanks. So could just default the placeholder to "{}" if we want this functionality.

[Calinou]

Discussion opened: godotengine/godot-proposals#12019