---

id: 33

slug: "string-formatted"

title: "String.formatted()"

category: "strings"

difficulty: "beginner"

jdkVersion: "15"

oldLabel: "Java 8"

modernLabel: "Java 15+"

oldApproach: "String.format()"

modernApproach: "formatted()"

oldCode: |-

String msg = String.format(

"Hello %s, you are %d",

name, age

);

modernCode: |-

String msg =

"Hello %s, you are %d"

.formatted(name, age);

summary: "Call formatted() on the template string itself."

explanation: "String.formatted() is an instance method equivalent to String.format()\

\ but called on the format string. It reads more naturally in a left-to-right flow."

whyModernWins:

- icon: "📖"

title: "Reads naturally"

desc: "Template.formatted(args) flows better than String.format(template, args)."

- icon: "🔗"

title: "Chainable"

desc: "Can be chained with other string methods."

- icon: "📏"

title: "Less verbose"

desc: "Drops the redundant String.format() static call."

support:

state: "available"

description: "Widely available since JDK 15 (Sept 2020)"

prev: "strings/string-indent-transform"

next: "strings/string-chars-stream"

related:

- "strings/string-lines"

- "strings/string-strip"

- "strings/string-indent-transform"

docs:

- title: "String.formatted()"

href: "https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html#formatted(java.lang.Object...)"