4.4 Using Format Tables

FoCus provides its own version of format.

Macro: format DESTINATION FORMAT-CONTROL &rest ARGS

Wrapper around the standard format function.

FoCus’s format wraps around the standard one. When FORMAT-CONTROL is a format string, it is translated into a standard one according to the current format table. That’s it.

The reason why FoCus’s format is a macro will be explained in Compile or Run Time.