String interpolation

[tired_eyes via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 10:33:30 UTC, Tobias Pankrath 
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 10:21:32 UTC, tired_eyes wrote:
>> Hi,
>> The only example of string interpolation I've found so far is 
>> on Rosetta Code:
>>
>> void main() {
>>     import std.stdio, std.string;
>>
>>     "Mary had a %s lamb.".format("little").writeln;
>>     "Mary had a %2$s %1$s lamb.".format("little", 
>> "white").writeln;
>> }
>>
>> Is this a "proper" way of string interpolation in D? This 
>> looks a little clumsy. Are there any better approaches? Quick 
>> skimming through the docs didn't give anything.
>
> std.string.format and std.format are the standard options. What 
> are you missing?

Ruby:
a = 1
b = 4
puts "The number #{a} is less than #{b}"

PHP:
$a = 1;
$b = 4;
echo "The number $a is less than $b";

D:
???