Using variables to initialize FText with namespace and key

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I want to initialize FText from variables. The NSLOCTEXT() macro only allows string literals.

FName identifier = TEXT("MyIdentifier");
// Does not work for obvious reasons:
FText ident = NSLOCTEXT("MyNamespace", "MyKey", *identifier.ToString());
// Though the content is set, no namespace/keys are set:
FText ident = FText::Format(NSLOCTEXT("MyNamespace", "MyKey", "{0}"), FText::FromName(identifier));

For now I’m using the method of the NSLOCTEXT() macro

FText ident = FInternationalization::ForUseOnlyByLocMacroAndGraphNodeTextLiterals_CreateText(*identifier.ToString(), TEXT("MyNamespace"), *identifier.ToString());

which works, but as the method name already says, it is not intended for such usage.
Are there other macros/methods available to initialize FText with variables instead of literals?

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Hi Roi,

I use FText::ChangeKey(NewNamespace, NewKey, InText);.

Hope that helps. Cheers,

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Though ChangeKey is not semantically correct when initializing new FText() vars, this method is part of the documented FText API and is way better readable than what I used above. Thanks a lot!

Btw, example for usage with same FName for key and value:

FName identifier = TEXT("MyIdentifier");
FText localizedIdentifier = FText::ChangeKey(TEXT("MyNamespace"), identifier.ToString(), FText::FromName(identifier));
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ChangeKey is an editor only function. So this is pretty useless for packaged builds, unless you want to package editor code.

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id use FText::FromString()