Using Kotlin to increase pound value.

PoundValue.kt

/*
 * @jkbbwr provided the workaround below where you prefix the trailing s with a number such as 1.
 * The number preceding the s is a padding, but if it's set to 1, there won't be any padding if your string isn't empty.
 * This works because a variable cannot start with a number, so Kotlin immediately escapes $ if a number follows.
 */

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
  println("""
  |CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `%1$1s` `%2$1s` `%1$1s` (
  |  ...
  |)
  """.trimMargin().format("myTable", "myTable2"))
  // Outputs: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `myTable` `myTable2` `myTable` (
}

/*
 * See code above for a workaround without the following.
 */





fun main(args: Array<String>) {
  println("""
    |CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `%1£s` (
    |  ...
    |)
  """.trimMargin().format("myTable"))
}

/**
 * Increases pound value.
 */
fun String.format(vararg args: Any?) = java.lang.String.format(this.replace(Regex("""%(\d+)£s"""), "%\$1\\\$s"), *args)