string.format

Returns a formatted version of its variable number of arguments following the description given in its first argument (which must be a string). === Format string options

Available numeric format specifiers:

• %d - Decimal integer, rounded down.
• %o - Octal integer, rounded down.
• %x - Hexadecimal integer, rounded down. Use %X for uppercase.
• %f - Floating-point number, rounded based on the specified precision.
• %e - Scientific notation (mantissa/exponent). Use %E for uppercase.
• %g - Shortest float representation, either %f or %e. Use %G for uppercase.
• %a - Hexadecimal float. Use %A for uppercase.

Numeric specifiers can be combined with one or more of the following sub-specifiers:

• Padding: Use %5d to pad a number to at least 5 characters. By default, it will be padded with spaces, use %05d to use zeroes instead. Use %-5d to left-justify instead of right-justify the output.
• Sign: Use %+d to preceed positive numbers with a plus sign or % d to preceed them with a space.
• #: When used with %o, %x or %X it prefixes the output with 0, 0x or 0X respectively for values different than zero. Used with e, E, f, F, g or G it forces the written output to contain a decimal point even if no more digits follow.
• Precision: Number of digits to be printed after the decimal point, for example %011.5f to print 5 digits after the decimal point and pad the output to at least 11 characters (including the decimal point)

Other format specifiers:

• %c - Single character as ascii code.
• %s - String
• %q - String between double quotes, with all special characters escaped
• %% - A single % character.

String specifiers can also be combined with the width and right-justify sub-specifiers. Use %16s to make sure the output string is at least 16 characters long.

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string.format(format: string, ...)

Arguments

Name	Description	Type
format	Format string.	string
undefined	Arguments to insert into the format string.	unknown