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Translate the given formatted string for current VM language code or user supplied language code.

Syntax

tr(string text): string

tr(string lc, string text): string

text

Formatted source text

lc

Language code

Result

Return translated string

Format string has the following syntax:

<langCode1>=<text1>[^<landCode2>=<text2>[....]]

Notice that:

When a required language code is not defined, the first valid is returned;

The special character ^ separate  different translation;

If format string has not the right syntax, will be treated as a normal string, so it will be not translated;

Current language code can obtained with languageCode() function.

Examples

Example of use of translation:

string format

string value

format = "us=English^it=Italian^fr=French"

 

value = tr(format) ; ---> return Italian if current language is "it"

value = tr(format) ; ---> return English if current language is "us"

value = tr(format) ; ---> return German if current language is "de"

value = tr("fr", format) ; ---> return French

value = tr("de", format) ; ---> return German

 

  

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