Values placed in ' ' are not replaced

[luciaam]

Which package? intl-messageformat

Describe the bug Messages with values placed in ' ' misinterpreted.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Define a message with a placeholder within '' i.e.: var msg = new IntlMessageFormat('My name is \'{name}\'.', 'en-US');
2. Try to format it with a name var output = msg.format({name: "Eric"});
3. See the output: console.log(output); // => "My name is {name}."

Expected behavior The expected output would be "My name is 'Eric'."

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Browser: N/A
• Version Node.js v10.15.3

[longlho]

ICU message format uses apostrophe to escape so you need to double apostrophe ('') to get the character to show up.

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 2:44 AM luci notifications@github.com wrote:

Which package? intl-messageformat

Describe the bug Messages with values placed in ' ' misinterpreted.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Define a message with a placeholder within '' i.e.: var msg = new IntlMessageFormat('My name is \'{name}\'.', 'en-US');
2. Try to format it with a name var output = msg.format({name: "Eric"});
3. See the output: console.log(output); // => "My name is {name}."

Expected behavior The expected output would be "My name is 'Eric'."

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Browser: N/A
• Version Node.js v10.15.3

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[longlho]

Example: https://codesandbox.io/s/react-intl-test-jznj1

[luciaam]

Thanks for the hint