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       format [-stringArg string]   
      format is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.
      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
	  
      
      
      format, string
      
      
    
      stringArg
      
		
		  | Long name (short name) | Argument types | Properties | 
		
	
	  | -stringArg(-s) | string |    | 
	
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		|  | Specify the arguments for the format string. |  | 
      
      
		
		  
			|  Flag can appear in Create mode of command |  Flag can appear in Edit mode of command | 
		  
			|  Flag can appear in Query mode of command |  Flag can be used more than once in a command. | 
		
// The mel script below returns the sentence
//     "Display all lambert and blinn nodes."
//
format -stringArg "lambert" -stringArg "blinn" "Display all ^1s and ^2s nodes.";