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<function name="format" parent="string" type="libraryfunc">⤶ <description>Formats the specified values into the string given.</description>⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶ <args>⤶ <arg name="format" type="string">The string to be formatted.&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&#xA;Follows this format: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/printf/</arg>⤶ <arg name="formatParameters" type="vararg">Values to be formatted into the string.</arg>⤶ </args>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="string">The formatted string</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Example showing the different types of format codes.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ local s = "Hello, world!"⤶ ⤶ // string⤶ print(string.format("here's a string: %s", s))⤶ ⤶ // string with quotes⤶ print(string.format("here's a quoted string: %q", s))⤶ ⤶ // characters from numeric values⤶ print(string.format("%c%c%c", 65, 66, 67))⤶ ⤶ // number with an exponent⤶ print(string.format("%e, %E", math.pi, math.pi))⤶ ⤶ // float and compact float⤶ print(string.format("%f, %G", math.pi, math.pi))⤶ ⤶ // signed, signed, and unsigned int⤶ print(string.format("%d, %i, %u", -100, -100, -100))⤶ ⤶ // octal, hex, and uppercase hex⤶ print(string.format("%o, %x, %X", -100, -100, -100))⤶ </code>⤶ <outputfixedwidth>Fixed width</outputfixedwidth>⤶ <output>⤶ here's a string: Hello, world!⤶ here's a quoted string: "Hello, world!"⤶ ABC⤶ 3.141593e+000, 3.141593E+000⤶ 3.141593, 3.14159⤶ -100, -100, 4294967196⤶ 37777777634, ffffff9c, FFFFFF9C⤶ </output>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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