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# format
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Format columns into a string using a simple pattern
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Syntax: `format <pattern>`
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## Parameters
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* `<pattern>`: the pattern to match
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## Example
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Let's say we have a table like this:
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```shell
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> open pets.csv
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━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━
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# │ animal │ name │ age
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───┼───────────┼────────┼─────
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0 │ cat │ Tom │ 7
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1 │ dog │ Alfred │ 10
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2 │ chameleon │ Linda │ 1
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━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━
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```
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`format` allows us to convert table data into a string by following a formatting pattern. To print the value of a column we have to put the column name in curly brackets:
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```shell
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> open pets.csv | format "{name} is a {age} year old {animal}"
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# │
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───┼─────────────────────────────────
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0 │ Tom is a 7 year old cat
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1 │ Alfred is a 10 year old dog
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2 │ Linda is a 1 year old chameleon
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```
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