pymel.core.general.format

format(*args, **kwargs)

This command takes a format string, where the format string contains format specifiers. The format specifiers have a number associated with them relating to which parameter they represent to allow for alternate ordering of the passed-in values for other languages by merely changing the format string

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
stringArg (s)		unicode
	Specify the arguments for the format string.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.format

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# The mel script below returns the sentence
#     "Display all lambert and blinn nodes."
#
pm.format( 'Display all ^1s and ^2s nodes.', stringArg=('lambert', 'blinn') )
# Result: u'Display all lambert and blinn nodes.' #