Parsing issue in a somewhat complex smart string

[cjddmut]

The following string fails to parse as is (and is how I would normally try to write it I think). Quick note, the number and link formatters are created by me and appear to be working correctly.

Also I have no idea how to remove the emojis from the example but the emoji is just : following by ‘p’ for plural.

Deals {damage} {dmgtype:choose(normal|poison|true):|{:link(poison)}|{:link(true)}} damage over {duration:number()} {duration:plural():second|seconds}

The follow error is given:

The format string has 1 issue:
Format string is missing a closing brace
In: “Deals {damage} {dmgtype:choose(normal|poison|true):|{:link(poison)}|{:link(true)}} damage over {duration:number()} {duration:plural():second|seconds}”
At: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^

I managed to fix the formatting issue by placing an empty space after “{:link(true)}” and also had to add the space after “{:link(poison)}” and remove the space before “damage” so it formatted correctly. Below is the changed string.

Deals {damage} {dmgtype:choose(normal|poison|true):|{:link(poison)} |{:link(true)} }damage over {duration:number()} {duration:plural():second|seconds}

Feels like the space shouldn’t matter shouldn’t need to be added and makes formatting the rest of the string more awkward?

Localization Verison: 1.3.2 (also tried with 1.4.0-exp.1 and it still is an issue)
Unity Version: 2020.3.17f1

[karl_jones]

Ah yes this is due to the string .format support. {{ Or }} Is a literal { and }. We have an option to disable this mode to get the behaviour you want. Enable Alternative Escaping in the parser settings.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.localization@1.3/manual/LocalizationSettings.html

[cjddmut]

Right there in the docs and a super easy fix Thanks a lot for the quick response!