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Format a string according to the format dialect.
Arguments:
rules - A block in the format dialect. E.g. [10 -10 #"-" 4]
values
Refinements:
/pad
p
This is useful for table output in the console, where fixed-width fonts are used. It can also be used to specially format numbers or complex values.
The first input, is the dialect. It's a combination of positive or negative formatting integers and strings or chars, that are to be inserted between the integers.
A positive integer N, means the value will be left adjusted with N chars for space.
A negative integer N, means the value will be right adjusted with N chars for space.
In both cases, a value that takes up more space than N, is truncated to N chars.
The second input is the values, either as a block or as a single value.
Example:
format [-3 -3 -4] [1 2 3]
" 1 2 3"
Format a time value using /pad to add zeroes:
format/pad [-2 ":" -2 ":" -2] [12 47 9] 0
"12:47:09"
It can also be used to pad zeroes to a single numeric value:
format/pad [-8] 5125 0
"00005125"
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