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Agreed. Except format strings and stream formatting and printing options get confusing quickly.

• fiddlerwoaroof 10y ago
  You can use a library like https://github.com/fiddlerwoaroof/format-string-builder https://github.com/fiddlerwoaroof/format-string-builder to make formatted output more readable. But, in general, format strings are like regular expressions: at first they look like alien technology and then, after using them a while, they become quite legible.