format is a tiny DSL for Red with functionality resembling Python's format() method
print format {My name is {name|center 10x0 #"_"}. I'm {age | fixed 7x2} years old.}[age: 36.345 name: "John"]
print format {The price is USD {price|sep 25 #"," #"*"}.}[price: 1234502342.67]
print format {There are {weight |sci 10x3} kilograms of cotton}[weight: 0.8546]
print format {There are {planets |sci 12x2 #"0"} planets in the Solar system}[planets: 8]
print format {There are {planets |sci 15x4 #"#"} planets in the Milky Way}compose [planets: (10.0 ** 9 * 400)]
print format {15 is {val| base 2 10x8 #" " on}}[val: 15]
print format {12423427 is {val| base 16 15x8 #"=" on}}[val: 12423427]
print format {12423427.56 is {val| base 8 15x8 #"0"}}[val: 12423427.56]
print format {Today is {day | dd-mm-yyyy #"/"}}compose[day: (now)]
print format {Today is {day | yyyy-mm-dd}}compose[day: (now)]
print format {Today is {day | yyyy-ww-ddd}}compose[day: (now)]
print format {Today is {day | yyyy-ddd #"#"}}compose[day: (now)]
My name is ___John___. I'm 36.35 years old.
The price is USD *********1,234,502,342.67.
There are 8.546e-01 kilograms of cotton
There are 000008.00e00 planets in the Solar system
There are #####4.0000e+11 planets in the Milky Way
15 is 00001111(2)
12423427 is ===00BD9103(16)
12423427.56 is 000000057310403
Today is 11/6/2021
Today is 2021-6-11
Today is 2021-Week24-5
Today is 2021#Day162