printf family in the standard c library. format method for strings
ctypes to import printf from the C standard library:w sprintf is wsprintf. -f operator (which is a short cut for the String.Format function. %[-][#][0][width][.precision]type. % and the type is mandatatory. % specifies the start of a format specification. .printf strftime is similar to printf, however it is designed for processing date and time components.