Lua string.format options

Question

This may seem like a stupid question, but what are the symbols used for string replacement in string.format? can someone point me to a simple example of how to use it?

Answer 1

string.format in Lua follows the same patterns as Printf in c:

https://cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/printf/

There are some exceptions, for those see here:

http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/string.format