MessageSelectFormatter

Select a text value based on the value of the parameter.

Format:

{ PARAMETER_NUMBER, select, VALUE1  {TEXT1} VALUE2 VALUE3 {TEXT2} /VALUE_REGEX/ {TEXT3} other {OTHERWISE_TEXT} }

• PARAMETER_NUMBER:

• Number of the parameter which value is matched against the values of the select list

• VALUE*:

• If a values matches the value of the parameter, the corresponding text (TEXT*) is selected

• List of several values for the same text can be listed before the next text element

• VALUE_REGEX

• When the value is prefixed and suffixed by "/", it is seen as regular repression, e.g. /([A-Z])\w+/

• If the regex matches the value of the parameter, the corresponding text (TEXT3) is selected

• TEXT*:

• Text that is returned by the pattern if the value matches the value of the parameter

• Texts themselves can also contain patterns. So, the patterns can be nested.

• OTHERWISE_TEXT

• If none of the values before matched, this text will be selected

• If there is no OTHERWISE_TEXT specified and no value matches, an empty string is returned

Values and texts are trimmed (leading and tailing whitespaces are removed)

Example:

{0} has forgotten {1, select, female: her | his } {3, select, one: bag | {2} bags}.

Usage:

FORGOTTEN_BAG("Peter", "male", 1, "one")
-> Peter has forgotten his bag.
FORGOTTEN_BAG("Mary", "female", 2, "few")
-> Mary has forgotten her 2 bags.