String already contains {} and using place holders

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Hi Team

For sending email I am using the IsBodyHtml attribute. In the html text I am replacing variables with place holders like {0} {1}. But the html file already contains some data inside {} as style. So when I am using String.Format method its throwing error.

So how to handle that part coming under {} as I am also using place holders as {0}, {1} etc.

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You might try using this as a base template example.

String.Format("Hello! My name is {0} {1}, and I am {2} years old.", "John", "Doe", 18.ToString).

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Why don’t you directly insert variables in HTML Body?
if yes then try inserting like this “string”+variable+“string”
Happy Automation!

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Hi @kkpatel,

You can have your style in separate variable and body in a separate variable. Use the String.Format in the second variable. and append it to first variable.

Warm Regards,
Ranjith Udayakumar

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@kkpatel Replace style parenthesis {} with double parenthesis {{}} in your html. It will resolve your issue.

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I have an html file. In that file I have replaced all the variable part with place holders. Then I am reading the whole text from that file and storing in a string variable. Then using String.Format method passing the string variable and giving the values. But in that text itself already {} is used in html style which is throwing error as incorrect format exception.

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If the string already contains { or }, you would need to use something else. It’s cumbersome, but you could use different delimiters and the Replace function. For instance, if MyString = "Hello! My name is ~0~ ~1~, and I am ~2~ years old.":

MyString.Replace("~0~", "John").Replace("~1~", "Doe").Replace("~2~", 18.ToString)

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Yes can be done.

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