So you get that exception with "{1,number,integer}", but you get the SAME
exception when you just use "{1}"?This is about the time that I set up my debugger so I can see the actual call to the "format" method. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Kriger [mailto:akriger@;greaterthanone.com] > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:25 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: ChoiceFormat for message formatting? > > > I'm getting 'java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot > format given Object > as a Number' when I use the message format below. I tried > simplifying to > just {1} characters instead of {1,number,integer} but no luck > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karr, David [mailto:david.karr@;attws.com] > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 13:01 > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: ChoiceFormat for message formatting? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Kriger [mailto:akriger@;greaterthanone.com] > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:21 AM > > > > Can ChoiceFormat be used to format messages in the app > > properties file? > > > > For example, the validator error.maxlength is > > {0} can not be greater than {1} characters. > > > > This will produce '<field> can not be greater than 1 characters' > > > > I am trying to use the ChoiceFormat to work so this can be > > grammatically > > correct, but this is not working... > > {0} can not be more than {1,choice,1#one > > character|1<{1,number,integer} > > characters}. > > > > Should it work? Do I have a format string problem? > > You should be able to do this, yes. Are you certain your > message is on a > single line in the properties file, or uses continuation > characters for > multiple lines? > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>

