Format a string
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How to format a string using string.format()
Source Code
string.format("%f, %g", math.pi,math.pi) -- float and compact float
-->3.141593, 3.14159
string.format("%s %q", "Hello", "Lua user!") -- string and quoted string
-->Hello "Lua user!"
string.format("%c%c%c", 76,117,97) -- char
-->Lua
string.format("%e, %E", math.pi,math.pi) -- exponent
-->3.141593e+000, 3.141593E+000
string.format("%f, %g", math.pi,math.pi) -- float and compact float
-->3.141593, 3.14159
string.format("%d, %i, %u", -100,-100,-100) -- signed, signed, unsigned integer
-->-100, -100, 4294967196
string.format("%o, %x, %X", -100,-100,-100) -- octal, hex, hex
-->37777777634, ffffff9c, FFFFFF9C
Description
How to format a string using string.format()
Usage Details
Demonstrates how to format strings, by using string.format() .
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