LUA string formatting methods

Lua is a lightweight, multi-paradigm programming language designed primarily for embedded use in applications. Lua is cross-platform, since the interpreter is written in ANSI C, and has a relatively simple C API.

Here we are listing the different string formatting methods in LUA programming.

> = string.format("%s %q", "Hello", "Lua user!") -- string and quoted string
Hello "Lua user!"
> = string.format("%c%c%c", 76,117,97) -- char
Lua
> = string.format("%e, %E", math.pi,math.pi) -- exponent
3.141593e+000, 3.141593E+000
> = string.format("%f, %g", math.pi,math.pi) -- float and compact float
3.141593, 3.14159
> = string.format("%d, %i, %u", -100,-100,-100) -- signed, signed, unsigned integer
-100, -100, 4294967196
> = string.format("%o, %x, %X", -100,-100,-100) -- octal, hexadecimal, hexadecimal
37777777634, ffffff9c, FFFFFF9C
> = string.format("%a %A", 127, 127) -- hexadecimal with binary exponent (lowercase, uppercase)