{"name":"formatText","title":"formatText","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/formatText","revid":351276,"updated":"2023-11-27T02:21:39Z","groups":["Strings","Structured Text"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma1":"1.00","arma2":"1.00","arma2oa":"1.50","tkoh":"1.00","arma3":"0.50"},"since":"arma1 1.00","arma3_since":"0.50","description":"Creates a Structured Text similar to format command.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"formatText [format, argument1, argument2, ...]","params":[{"name":"format","type":"String","description":"a string containing text and/or references to the variables listed below in the array. The references appear in the form of %1, %2 etc.","type_expr":"String"},{"name":"argumentN","type":"Anything","description":"use Structured Text where necessary (see Example 2)","type_expr":"Anything"}],"returns":{"type":"Structured Text","type_expr":"Structured Text"},"form":"unary","right":{"text":"[format, argument1, argument2, ...]"}}],"examples":[{"code":["hint formatText [\"Image: %1\", image \"\\a3\\Data_f\\Flags\\flag_Altis_co.paa\"];"]},{"text":"```sqf\nhint formatText [\"%1%2%3\", \"line1\", \"<br/>\", \"line2\"];        // result displayed in one line\nhint formatText [\"%1%2%3\", \"line1\", lineBreak, \"line2\"];    // result displayed in two lines\n```","code":["hint formatText [\"%1%2%3\", \"line1\", \"<br/>\", \"line2\"];\t\t// result displayed in one line\nhint formatText [\"%1%2%3\", \"line1\", lineBreak, \"line2\"];\t// result displayed in two lines"]}],"see_also":["Structured Text","format","composeText","text","parseText"]}