Redundant call to 'String.format()'
Reports calls to methods like format() and printf() that can be safely removed or simplified.
Example:
System.out.println(String.format("Total count: %d", 42));
System.out.printf("Total count: %d%n", 42);
Locating this inspection
- By ID
Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.
-Redundantstringformatcall- Via Settings dialog
Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.
Inspection ID: RedundantStringFormatCall
Suppressing Inspection
You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:
//noinspection -Redundantstringformatcall
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
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Last modified: 04 March 2026