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# API Reference
The {fmt} library API consists of the following components:
- [`fmt/base.h`](#base-api): the base API providing main formatting functions
for `char`/UTF-8 with C++20 compile-time checks and minimal dependencies
- [`fmt/format.h`](#format-api): `fmt::format` and other formatting functions
as well as locale support
- [`fmt/ranges.h`](#ranges-api): formatting of ranges and tuples
- [`fmt/chrono.h`](#chrono-api): date and time formatting
- [`fmt/std.h`](#std-api): formatters for standard library types
- [`fmt/compile.h`](#compile-api): format string compilation
- [`fmt/color.h`](#color-api): terminal colors and text styles
- [`fmt/os.h`](#os-api): system APIs
- [`fmt/ostream.h`](#ostream-api): `std::ostream` support
- [`fmt/args.h`](#args-api): dynamic argument lists
- [`fmt/printf.h`](#printf-api): safe `printf`
- [`fmt/xchar.h`](#xchar-api): optional `wchar_t` support
All functions and types provided by the library reside in namespace `fmt`
and macros have prefix `FMT_`.
## Base API
`fmt/base.h` defines the base API which provides main formatting functions
for `char`/UTF-8 with C++20 compile-time checks. It has minimal include
dependencies for better compile times. This header is only beneficial when
using {fmt} as a library (the default) and not in the header-only mode.
It also provides `formatter` specializations for the following types:
- `int`, `long long`,
- `unsigned`, `unsigned long long`
- `float`, `double`, `long double`
- `bool`
- `char`
- `const char*`, [`fmt::string_view`](#basic_string_view)
- `const void*`
The following functions use [format string syntax](syntax.md) similar to that
of [str.format](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.format)
in Python. They take *fmt* and *args* as arguments.
*fmt* is a format string that contains literal text and replacement fields
surrounded by braces `{}`. The fields are replaced with formatted arguments
in the resulting string. [`fmt::format_string`](#format_string) is a format
string which can be implicitly constructed from a string literal or a
`constexpr` string and is checked at compile time in C++20. To pass a runtime
format string wrap it in [`fmt::runtime`](#runtime).
*args* is an argument list representing objects to be formatted.
I/O errors are reported as [`std::system_error`](
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/error/system_error) exceptions unless
specified otherwise.
::: print(format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: print(FILE*, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: println(format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: println(FILE*, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: format_to(OutputIt&&, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: format_to_n(OutputIt, size_t, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: format_to_n_result
::: formatted_size(format_string<T...>, T&&...)
<a id="udt"></a>
### Formatting User-Defined Types
The {fmt} library provides formatters for many standard C++ types.
See [`fmt/ranges.h`](#ranges-api) for ranges and tuples including standard
containers such as `std::vector`, [`fmt/chrono.h`](#chrono-api) for date and
time formatting and [`fmt/std.h`](#std-api) for other standard library types.
There are two ways to make a user-defined type formattable: providing a
`format_as` function or specializing the `formatter` struct template.
Use `format_as` if you want to make your type formattable as some other
type with the same format specifiers. The `format_as` function should
take an object of your type and return an object of a formattable type.
It should be defined in the same namespace as your type.
Example ([run](https://godbolt.org/z/nvME4arz8)):
#include <fmt/format.h>
namespace kevin_namespacy {
enum class film {
house_of_cards, american_beauty, se7en = 7
};
auto format_as(film f) { return fmt::underlying(f); }
}
int main() {
fmt::print("{}\n", kevin_namespacy::film::se7en); // Output: 7
}
Using specialization is more complex but gives you full control over
parsing and formatting. To use this method specialize the `formatter`
struct template for your type and implement `parse` and `format`
methods.
The recommended way of defining a formatter is by reusing an existing
one via inheritance or composition. This way you can support standard
format specifiers without implementing them yourself. For example:
```c++
// color.h:
#include <fmt/base.h>
enum class color {red, green, blue};
template <> struct fmt::formatter<color>: formatter<string_view> {
// parse is inherited from formatter<string_view>.
auto format(color c, format_context& ctx) const
-> format_context::iterator;
};
```
```c++
// color.cc:
#include "color.h"
#include <fmt/format.h>
auto fmt::formatter<color>::format(color c, format_context& ctx) const
-> format_context::iterator {
string_view name = "unknown";
switch (c) {
case color::red: name = "red"; break;
case color::green: name = "green"; break;
case color::blue: name = "blue"; break;
}
return formatter<string_view>::format(name, ctx);
}
```
Note that `formatter<string_view>::format` is defined in `fmt/format.h`
so it has to be included in the source file. Since `parse` is inherited
from `formatter<string_view>` it will recognize all string format
specifications, for example
```c++
fmt::format("{:>10}", color::blue)
```
will return `" blue"`.
<!-- The experimental `nested_formatter` provides an easy way of applying a
formatter to one or more subobjects.
For example:
#include <fmt/format.h>
struct point {
double x, y;
};
template <>
struct fmt::formatter<point> : nested_formatter<double> {
auto format(point p, format_context& ctx) const {
return write_padded(ctx, [=](auto out) {
return format_to(out, "({}, {})", this->nested(p.x),
this->nested(p.y));
});
}
};
int main() {
fmt::print("[{:>20.2f}]", point{1, 2});
}
prints:
[ (1.00, 2.00)]
Notice that fill, align and width are applied to the whole object which
is the recommended behavior while the remaining specifiers apply to
elements. -->
In general the formatter has the following form:
template <> struct fmt::formatter<T> {
// Parses format specifiers and stores them in the formatter.
//
// [ctx.begin(), ctx.end()) is a, possibly empty, character range that
// contains a part of the format string starting from the format
// specifications to be parsed, e.g. in
//
// fmt::format("{:f} continued", ...);
//
// the range will contain "f} continued". The formatter should parse
// specifiers until '}' or the end of the range. In this example the
// formatter should parse the 'f' specifier and return an iterator
// pointing to '}'.
constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx)
-> format_parse_context::iterator;
// Formats value using the parsed format specification stored in this
// formatter and writes the output to ctx.out().
auto format(const T& value, format_context& ctx) const
-> format_context::iterator;
};
It is recommended to at least support fill, align and width that apply
to the whole object and have the same semantics as in standard
formatters.
You can also write a formatter for a hierarchy of classes:
```c++
// demo.h:
#include <type_traits>
#include <fmt/format.h>
struct A {
virtual ~A() {}
virtual std::string name() const { return "A"; }
};
struct B : A {
virtual std::string name() const { return "B"; }
};
template <typename T>
struct fmt::formatter<T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_base_of_v<A, T>, char>> :
fmt::formatter<std::string> {
auto format(const A& a, format_context& ctx) const {
return formatter<std::string>::format(a.name(), ctx);
}
};
```
```c++
// demo.cc:
#include "demo.h"
#include <fmt/format.h>
int main() {
B b;
A& a = b;
fmt::print("{}", a); // Output: B
}
```
Providing both a `formatter` specialization and a `format_as` overload is
disallowed.
::: basic_format_parse_context
::: context
::: format_context
### Compile-Time Checks
Compile-time format string checks are enabled by default on compilers
that support C++20 `consteval`. On older compilers you can use the
[FMT_STRING](#legacy-checks) macro defined in `fmt/format.h` instead.
Unused arguments are allowed as in Python's `str.format` and ordinary functions.
See [Type Erasure](#type-erasure) for an example of how to enable compile-time
checks in your own functions with `fmt::format_string` while avoiding template
bloat.
::: fstring
::: format_string
::: runtime(string_view)
### Type Erasure
You can create your own formatting function with compile-time checks and
small binary footprint, for example ([run](https://godbolt.org/z/b9Pbasvzc)):
```c++
#include <fmt/format.h>
void vlog(const char* file, int line,
fmt::string_view fmt, fmt::format_args args) {
fmt::print("{}: {}: {}", file, line, fmt::vformat(fmt, args));
}
template <typename... T>
void log(const char* file, int line,
fmt::format_string<T...> fmt, T&&... args) {
vlog(file, line, fmt, fmt::make_format_args(args...));
}
#define MY_LOG(fmt, ...) log(__FILE__, __LINE__, fmt, __VA_ARGS__)
MY_LOG("invalid squishiness: {}", 42);
```
Note that `vlog` is not parameterized on argument types which improves
compile times and reduces binary code size compared to a fully
parameterized version.
::: make_format_args(T&...)
::: basic_format_args
::: format_args
::: basic_format_arg
### Named Arguments
::: arg(const Char*, const T&)
Named arguments are not supported in compile-time checks at the moment.
### Compatibility
::: basic_string_view
::: string_view
## Format API
`fmt/format.h` defines the full format API providing additional
formatting functions and locale support.
<a id="format"></a>
::: format(format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: vformat(string_view, format_args)
::: operator""_a()
### Utilities
::: ptr(T)
::: underlying(Enum)
::: to_string(const T&)
::: group_digits(T)
::: detail::buffer
::: basic_memory_buffer
### System Errors
{fmt} does not use `errno` to communicate errors to the user, but it may
call system functions which set `errno`. Users should not make any
assumptions about the value of `errno` being preserved by library
functions.
::: system_error
::: format_system_error
### Custom Allocators
The {fmt} library supports custom dynamic memory allocators. A custom
allocator class can be specified as a template argument to
[`fmt::basic_memory_buffer`](#basic_memory_buffer):
using custom_memory_buffer =
fmt::basic_memory_buffer<char, fmt::inline_buffer_size, custom_allocator>;
It is also possible to write a formatting function that uses a custom
allocator:
using custom_string =
std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, custom_allocator>;
auto vformat(custom_allocator alloc, fmt::string_view fmt,
fmt::format_args args) -> custom_string {
auto buf = custom_memory_buffer(alloc);
fmt::vformat_to(std::back_inserter(buf), fmt, args);
return custom_string(buf.data(), buf.size(), alloc);
}
template <typename ...Args>
auto format(custom_allocator alloc, fmt::string_view fmt,
const Args& ... args) -> custom_string {
return vformat(alloc, fmt, fmt::make_format_args(args...));
}
The allocator will be used for the output container only. Formatting
functions normally don't do any allocations for built-in and string
types except for non-default floating-point formatting that occasionally
falls back on `sprintf`.
### Locale
All formatting is locale-independent by default. Use the `'L'` format
specifier to insert the appropriate number separator characters from the
locale:
#include <fmt/format.h>
#include <locale>
std::locale::global(std::locale("en_US.UTF-8"));
auto s = fmt::format("{:L}", 1000000); // s == "1,000,000"
`fmt/format.h` provides the following overloads of formatting functions
that take `std::locale` as a parameter. The locale type is a template
parameter to avoid the expensive `<locale>` include.
::: format(const Locale&, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: format_to(OutputIt, const Locale&, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: formatted_size(const Locale&, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
<a id="legacy-checks"></a>
### Legacy Compile-Time Checks
`FMT_STRING` enables compile-time checks on older compilers. It requires
C++14 or later and is a no-op in C++11.
::: FMT_STRING
To force the use of legacy compile-time checks, define the preprocessor
variable `FMT_ENFORCE_COMPILE_STRING`. When set, functions accepting
`FMT_STRING` will fail to compile with regular strings.
<a id="ranges-api"></a>
## Range and Tuple Formatting
`fmt/ranges.h` provides formatting support for ranges and tuples:
#include <fmt/ranges.h>
fmt::print("{}", std::tuple<char, int>{'a', 42});
// Output: ('a', 42)
Using `fmt::join`, you can separate tuple elements with a custom separator:
#include <fmt/ranges.h>
auto t = std::tuple<int, char>{1, 'a'};
fmt::print("{}", fmt::join(t, ", "));
// Output: 1, a
::: join(Range&&, string_view)
::: join(It, Sentinel, string_view)
::: join(std::initializer_list<T>, string_view)
<a id="chrono-api"></a>
## Date and Time Formatting
`fmt/chrono.h` provides formatters for
- [`std::chrono::duration`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/duration)
- [`std::chrono::time_point`](
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/time_point)
- [`std::tm`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/c/tm)
The format syntax is described in [Chrono Format Specifications](syntax.md#
chrono-format-specifications).
**Example**:
#include <fmt/chrono.h>
int main() {
auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
fmt::print("The date is {:%Y-%m-%d}.\n", now);
// Output: The date is 2020-11-07.
// (with 2020-11-07 replaced by the current date)
using namespace std::literals::chrono_literals;
fmt::print("Default format: {} {}\n", 42s, 100ms);
// Output: Default format: 42s 100ms
fmt::print("strftime-like format: {:%H:%M:%S}\n", 3h + 15min + 30s);
// Output: strftime-like format: 03:15:30
}
::: gmtime(std::time_t)
<a id="std-api"></a>
## Standard Library Types Formatting
`fmt/std.h` provides formatters for:
- [`std::atomic`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/atomic/atomic)
- [`std::atomic_flag`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/atomic/atomic_flag)
- [`std::bitset`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/bitset)
- [`std::error_code`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/error/error_code)
- [`std::exception`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/error/exception)
- [`std::filesystem::path`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/filesystem/path)
- [`std::monostate`](
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/variant/monostate)
- [`std::optional`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/optional)
- [`std::source_location`](
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/source_location)
- [`std::thread::id`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/thread/id)
- [`std::variant`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/variant/variant)
::: ptr(const std::unique_ptr<T, Deleter>&)
::: ptr(const std::shared_ptr<T>&)
### Variants
A `std::variant` is only formattable if every variant alternative is
formattable, and requires the `__cpp_lib_variant` [library
feature](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/feature_test).
**Example**:
#include <fmt/std.h>
fmt::print("{}", std::variant<char, float>('x'));
// Output: variant('x')
fmt::print("{}", std::variant<std::monostate, char>());
// Output: variant(monostate)
## Bit-Fields and Packed Structs
To format a bit-field or a field of a struct with `__attribute__((packed))`
applied to it, you need to convert it to the underlying or compatible type via
a cast or a unary `+` ([godbolt](https://www.godbolt.org/z/3qKKs6T5Y)):
```c++
struct smol {
int bit : 1;
};
auto s = smol();
fmt::print("{}", +s.bit);
```
This is a known limitation of "perfect" forwarding in C++.
<a id="compile-api"></a>
## Format String Compilation
`fmt/compile.h` provides format string compilation and compile-time
(`constexpr`) formatting enabled via the `FMT_COMPILE` macro or the `_cf`
user-defined literal defined in namespace `fmt::literals`. Format strings
marked with `FMT_COMPILE` or `_cf` are parsed, checked and converted into
efficient formatting code at compile-time. This supports arguments of built-in
and string types as well as user-defined types with `format` functions taking
the format context type as a template parameter in their `formatter`
specializations. For example:
template <> struct fmt::formatter<point> {
constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx);
template <typename FormatContext>
auto format(const point& p, FormatContext& ctx) const;
};
Format string compilation can generate more binary code compared to the
default API and is only recommended in places where formatting is a
performance bottleneck.
::: FMT_COMPILE
::: operator""_cf
<a id="color-api"></a>
## Terminal Colors and Text Styles
`fmt/color.h` provides support for terminal color and text style output.
::: print(text_style, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
::: fg(detail::color_type)
::: bg(detail::color_type)
::: styled(const T&, text_style)
<a id="os-api"></a>
## System APIs
::: ostream
::: windows_error
<a id="ostream-api"></a>
## `std::ostream` Support
`fmt/ostream.h` provides `std::ostream` support including formatting of
user-defined types that have an overloaded insertion operator
(`operator<<`). In order to make a type formattable via `std::ostream`
you should provide a `formatter` specialization inherited from
`ostream_formatter`:
#include <fmt/ostream.h>
struct date {
int year, month, day;
friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const date& d) {
return os << d.year << '-' << d.month << '-' << d.day;
}
};
template <> struct fmt::formatter<date> : ostream_formatter {};
std::string s = fmt::format("The date is {}", date{2012, 12, 9});
// s == "The date is 2012-12-9"
::: streamed(const T&)
::: print(std::ostream&, format_string<T...>, T&&...)
<a id="args-api"></a>
## Dynamic Argument Lists
The header `fmt/args.h` provides `dynamic_format_arg_store`, a builder-like API
that can be used to construct format argument lists dynamically.
::: dynamic_format_arg_store
<a id="printf-api"></a>
## Safe `printf`
The header `fmt/printf.h` provides `printf`-like formatting
functionality. The following functions use [printf format string
syntax](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/fprintf.html)
with the POSIX extension for positional arguments. Unlike their standard
counterparts, the `fmt` functions are type-safe and throw an exception
if an argument type doesn't match its format specification.
::: printf(string_view, const T&...)
::: fprintf(std::FILE*, const S&, const T&...)
::: sprintf(const S&, const T&...)
<a id="xchar-api"></a>
## Wide Strings
The optional header `fmt/xchar.h` provides support for `wchar_t` and
exotic character types.
::: is_char
::: wstring_view
::: wformat_context
::: to_wstring(const T&)
## Compatibility with C++20 `std::format`
{fmt} implements nearly all of the [C++20 formatting
library](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/format) with the
following differences:
- Names are defined in the `fmt` namespace instead of `std` to avoid
collisions with standard library implementations.
- Width calculation doesn't use grapheme clusterization. The latter has
been implemented in a separate branch but hasn't been integrated yet.
- The default floating-point representation in {fmt} uses the smallest
precision that provides round-trip guarantees similarly to other languages
like Java and Python. `std::format` is currently specified in terms of
`std::to_chars` which tries to generate the smallest number of characters
(ignoring redundant digits and sign in exponent) and may procude more
decimal digits than necessary.
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:root {
--md-primary-fg-color: #0050D0;
}
.md-grid {
max-width: 960px;
}
@media (min-width: 400px) {
.md-tabs {
display: block;
}
}
.docblock {
border-left: .05rem solid var(--md-primary-fg-color);
}
.docblock-desc {
margin-left: 1em;
}
pre > code.decl {
white-space: pre-wrap;
}
code.decl > div {
text-indent: -2ch; /* Negative indent to counteract the indent on the first line */
padding-left: 2ch; /* Add padding to the left to create an indent */
}
.features-container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 20px;
justify-content: center; /* Center the items horizontally */
}
.feature {
flex: 1 1 calc(50% - 20px); /* Two columns with space between */
max-width: 600px; /* Set the maximum width for the feature boxes */
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: 10px;
overflow: hidden; /* Hide overflow content */
text-overflow: ellipsis; /* Handle text overflow */
white-space: normal; /* Allow text wrapping */
}
.feature h2 {
margin-top: 0px;
font-weight: bold;
}
@media (max-width: 768px) {
.feature {
flex: 1 1 100%; /* Stack columns on smaller screens */
max-width: 100%; /* Allow full width on smaller screens */
white-space: normal; /* Allow text wrapping on smaller screens */
}
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# Get Started
Compile and run {fmt} examples online with [Compiler Explorer](
https://godbolt.org/z/P7h6cd6o3).
{fmt} is compatible with any build system. The next section describes its usage
with CMake, while the [Build Systems](#build-systems) section covers the rest.
## CMake
{fmt} provides two CMake targets: `fmt::fmt` for the compiled library and
`fmt::fmt-header-only` for the header-only library. It is recommended to use
the compiled library for improved build times.
There are three primary ways to use {fmt} with CMake:
* **FetchContent**: Starting from CMake 3.11, you can use [`FetchContent`](
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.30/module/FetchContent.html) to automatically
download {fmt} as a dependency at configure time:
include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(
fmt
GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt
GIT_TAG e69e5f977d458f2650bb346dadf2ad30c5320281) # 10.2.1
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt)
target_link_libraries(<your-target> fmt::fmt)
* **Installed**: You can find and use an [installed](#installation) version of
{fmt} in your `CMakeLists.txt` file as follows:
find_package(fmt)
target_link_libraries(<your-target> fmt::fmt)
* **Embedded**: You can add the {fmt} source tree to your project and include it
in your `CMakeLists.txt` file:
add_subdirectory(fmt)
target_link_libraries(<your-target> fmt::fmt)
## Installation
### Debian/Ubuntu
To install {fmt} on Debian, Ubuntu, or any other Debian-based Linux
distribution, use the following command:
apt install libfmt-dev
### Homebrew
Install {fmt} on macOS using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
brew install fmt
### Conda
Install {fmt} on Linux, macOS, and Windows with [Conda](
https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/), using its [conda-forge package](
https://github.com/conda-forge/fmt-feedstock):
conda install -c conda-forge fmt
### vcpkg
Download and install {fmt} using the vcpkg package manager:
git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
cd vcpkg
./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
./vcpkg integrate install
./vcpkg install fmt
<!-- The fmt package in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and
community contributors. If the version is out of date, please [create an
issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg
repository. -->
## Building from Source
CMake works by generating native makefiles or project files that can be
used in the compiler environment of your choice. The typical workflow
starts with:
mkdir build # Create a directory to hold the build output.
cd build
cmake .. # Generate native build scripts.
run in the `fmt` repository.
If you are on a Unix-like system, you should now see a Makefile in the
current directory. Now you can build the library by running `make`.
Once the library has been built you can invoke `make test` to run the tests.
You can control generation of the make `test` target with the `FMT_TEST`
CMake option. This can be useful if you include fmt as a subdirectory in
your project but don't want to add fmt's tests to your `test` target.
To build a shared library set the `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS` CMake variable to `TRUE`:
cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE ..
To build a static library with position-independent code (e.g. for
linking it into another shared library such as a Python extension), set the
`CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` CMake variable to `TRUE`:
cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE ..
After building the library you can install it on a Unix-like system by
running `sudo make install`.
### Building the Docs
To build the documentation you need the following software installed on
your system:
- [Python](https://www.python.org/)
- [Doxygen](http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/)
- [MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/) with `mkdocs-material`, `mkdocstrings`,
`pymdown-extensions` and `mike`
First generate makefiles or project files using CMake as described in
the previous section. Then compile the `doc` target/project, for example:
make doc
This will generate the HTML documentation in `doc/html`.
## Build Systems
### build2
You can use [build2](https://build2.org), a dependency manager and a build
system, to use {fmt}.
Currently this package is available in these package repositories:
- <https://cppget.org/fmt/> for released and published versions.
- <https://github.com/build2-packaging/fmt> for unreleased or custom versions.
**Usage:**
- `build2` package name: `fmt`
- Library target name: `lib{fmt}`
To make your `build2` project depend on `fmt`:
- Add one of the repositories to your configurations, or in your
`repositories.manifest`, if not already there:
:
role: prerequisite
location: https://pkg.cppget.org/1/stable
- Add this package as a dependency to your `manifest` file (example
for version 10):
depends: fmt ~10.0.0
- Import the target and use it as a prerequisite to your own target
using `fmt` in the appropriate `buildfile`:
import fmt = fmt%lib{fmt}
lib{mylib} : cxx{**} ... $fmt
Then build your project as usual with `b` or `bdep update`.
### Meson
[Meson WrapDB](https://mesonbuild.com/Wrapdb-projects.html) includes an `fmt`
package.
**Usage:**
- Install the `fmt` subproject from the WrapDB by running:
meson wrap install fmt
from the root of your project.
- In your project's `meson.build` file, add an entry for the new subproject:
fmt = subproject('fmt')
fmt_dep = fmt.get_variable('fmt_dep')
- Include the new dependency object to link with fmt:
my_build_target = executable(
'name', 'src/main.cc', dependencies: [fmt_dep])
**Options:**
If desired, {fmt} can be built as a static library, or as a header-only library.
For a static build, use the following subproject definition:
fmt = subproject('fmt', default_options: 'default_library=static')
fmt_dep = fmt.get_variable('fmt_dep')
For the header-only version, use:
fmt = subproject('fmt', default_options: ['header-only=true'])
fmt_dep = fmt.get_variable('fmt_header_only_dep')
### Android NDK
{fmt} provides [Android.mk file](
https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/blob/master/support/Android.mk) that can be used
to build the library with [Android NDK](
https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html).
### Other
To use the {fmt} library with any other build system, add
`include/fmt/base.h`, `include/fmt/format.h`, `include/fmt/format-inl.h`,
`src/format.cc` and optionally other headers from a [release archive](
https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases) or the [git repository](
https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt) to your project, add `include` to include
directories and make sure `src/format.cc` is compiled and linked with your code.
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# A modern formatting library
<div class="features-container">
<div class="feature">
<h2>Safety</h2>
<p>
Inspired by Python's formatting facility, {fmt} provides a safe replacement
for the <code>printf</code> family of functions. Errors in format strings,
which are a common source of vulnerabilities in C, are <b>reported at
compile time</b>. For example:
<pre><code class="language-cpp"
>fmt::format("{:d}", "I am not a number");</code></pre>
will give a compile-time error because <code>d</code> is not a valid
format specifier for strings. APIs like <a href="api/#format">
<code>fmt::format</code></a> <b>prevent buffer overflow errors</b> via
automatic memory management.
</p>
<a href="api#compile-time-checks">→ Learn more</a>
</div>
<div class="feature">
<h2>Extensibility</h2>
<p>
Formatting of most <b>standard types</b>, including all containers, dates,
and times is <b>supported out-of-the-box</b>. For example:
<pre><code class="language-cpp"
>fmt::print("{}", std::vector{1, 2, 3});</code></pre>
prints the vector in a JSON-like format:
<pre><code>[1, 2, 3]</code></pre>
You can <b>make your own types formattable</b> and even make compile-time
checks work for them.
</p>
<a href="api#udt">→ Learn more</a>
</div>
<div class="feature">
<h2>Performance</h2>
<p>
{fmt} can be anywhere from <b>tens of percent to 20-30 times faster</b> than
iostreams and <code>sprintf</code>, especially for numeric formatting.
<a href="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt?tab=readme-ov-file#benchmarks">
<img src="perf.svg">
</a>
The library <b>minimizes dynamic memory allocations</b> and can optionally
<a href="api#compile-api">compile format strings</a> to optimal code.
</p>
</div>
<div class="feature">
<h2>Unicode support</h2>
<p>
{fmt} provides <b>portable Unicode support</b> on major operating systems
with UTF-8 and <code>char</code> strings. For example:
<pre><code class="language-cpp"
>fmt::print("Слава Україні!");</code></pre>
will be printed correctly on Linux, macOS, and even Windows console,
irrespective of the codepages.
</p>
<p>
The default is <b>locale-independent</b>, but you can opt into localized
formatting and {fmt} makes it work with Unicode, addressing issues in the
standard libary.
</p>
</div>
<div class="feature">
<h2>Fast compilation</h2>
<p>
The library makes extensive use of <b>type erasure</b> to achieve fast
compilation. <code>fmt/base.h</code> provides a subset of the API with
<b>minimal include dependencies</b> and enough functionality to replace
all uses of <code>*printf</code>.
</p>
<p>
Code using {fmt} is usually several times faster to compile than the
equivalent iostreams code, and while <code>printf</code> compiles faster
still, the gap is narrowing.
</p>
<a href=
"https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt?tab=readme-ov-file#compile-time-and-code-bloat">
→ Learn more</a>
</div>
<div class="feature">
<h2>Small binary footprint</h2>
<p>
Type erasure is also used to prevent template bloat, resulting in <b>compact
per-call binary code</b>. For example, a call to <code>fmt::print</code> with
a single argument is just <a href="https://godbolt.org/g/TZU4KF">a few
instructions</a>, comparable to <code>printf</code> despite adding
runtime safety, and much smaller than the equivalent iostreams code.
</p>
<p>
The library itself has small binary footprint and some components such as
floating-point formatting can be disabled to make it even smaller for
resource-constrained devices.
</p>
</div>
<div class="feature">
<h2>Portability</h2>
<p>
{fmt} has a <b>small self-contained codebase</b> with the core consisting of
just three headers and no external dependencies.
</p>
<p>
The library is highly portable and requires only a minimal <b>subset of
C++11</b> features which are available in GCC 4.9, Clang 3.6, MSVC 19.10
(2017) and later. Newer compiler and standard library features are used
if available, and enable additional functionality.
</p>
<p>
Where possible, the output of formatting functions is <b>consistent across
platforms</b>.
</p>
</p>
</div>
<div class="feature">
<h2>Open source</h2>
<p>
{fmt} is in the top hundred open-source C++ libraries on GitHub and has
<a href="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/graphs/contributors">hundreds of
all-time contributors</a>.
</p>
<p>
The library is distributed under a permissive MIT
<a href="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt#license">license</a> and is
<b>relied upon by many open-source projects</b>, including Blender, PyTorch,
Apple's FoundationDB, Windows Terminal, MongoDB, and others.
</p>
</div>
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A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE
==========================
Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting
Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands
as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python's
principal author, although it includes many contributions from others.
In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for
National Research Initiatives (CNRI, see http://www.cnri.reston.va.us)
in Reston, Virginia where he released several versions of the
software.
In May 2000, Guido and the Python core development team moved to
BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team. In October of the same
year, the PythonLabs team moved to Digital Creations (now Zope
Corporation, see http://www.zope.com). In 2001, the Python Software
Foundation (PSF, see http://www.python.org/psf/) was formed, a
non-profit organization created specifically to own Python-related
Intellectual Property. Zope Corporation is a sponsoring member of
the PSF.
All Python releases are Open Source (see http://www.opensource.org for
the Open Source Definition). Historically, most, but not all, Python
releases have also been GPL-compatible; the table below summarizes
the various releases.
Release Derived Year Owner GPL-
from compatible? (1)
0.9.0 thru 1.2 1991-1995 CWI yes
1.3 thru 1.5.2 1.2 1995-1999 CNRI yes
1.6 1.5.2 2000 CNRI no
2.0 1.6 2000 BeOpen.com no
1.6.1 1.6 2001 CNRI yes (2)
2.1 2.0+1.6.1 2001 PSF no
2.0.1 2.0+1.6.1 2001 PSF yes
2.1.1 2.1+2.0.1 2001 PSF yes
2.2 2.1.1 2001 PSF yes
2.1.2 2.1.1 2002 PSF yes
2.1.3 2.1.2 2002 PSF yes
2.2.1 2.2 2002 PSF yes
2.2.2 2.2.1 2002 PSF yes
2.2.3 2.2.2 2003 PSF yes
2.3 2.2.2 2002-2003 PSF yes
2.3.1 2.3 2002-2003 PSF yes
2.3.2 2.3.1 2002-2003 PSF yes
2.3.3 2.3.2 2002-2003 PSF yes
2.3.4 2.3.3 2004 PSF yes
2.3.5 2.3.4 2005 PSF yes
2.4 2.3 2004 PSF yes
2.4.1 2.4 2005 PSF yes
2.4.2 2.4.1 2005 PSF yes
2.4.3 2.4.2 2006 PSF yes
2.4.4 2.4.3 2006 PSF yes
2.5 2.4 2006 PSF yes
2.5.1 2.5 2007 PSF yes
2.5.2 2.5.1 2008 PSF yes
2.5.3 2.5.2 2008 PSF yes
2.6 2.5 2008 PSF yes
2.6.1 2.6 2008 PSF yes
2.6.2 2.6.1 2009 PSF yes
2.6.3 2.6.2 2009 PSF yes
2.6.4 2.6.3 2009 PSF yes
2.6.5 2.6.4 2010 PSF yes
3.0 2.6 2008 PSF yes
3.0.1 3.0 2009 PSF yes
3.1 3.0.1 2009 PSF yes
3.1.1 3.1 2009 PSF yes
3.1.2 3.1.1 2010 PSF yes
3.1.3 3.1.2 2010 PSF yes
3.1.4 3.1.3 2011 PSF yes
3.2 3.1 2011 PSF yes
3.2.1 3.2 2011 PSF yes
3.2.2 3.2.1 2011 PSF yes
3.2.3 3.2.2 2012 PSF yes
3.3.0 3.2 2012 PSF yes
Footnotes:
(1) GPL-compatible doesn't mean that we're distributing Python under
the GPL. All Python licenses, unlike the GPL, let you distribute
a modified version without making your changes open source. The
GPL-compatible licenses make it possible to combine Python with
other software that is released under the GPL; the others don't.
(2) According to Richard Stallman, 1.6.1 is not GPL-compatible,
because its license has a choice of law clause. According to
CNRI, however, Stallman's lawyer has told CNRI's lawyer that 1.6.1
is "not incompatible" with the GPL.
Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Guido's
direction to make these releases possible.
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# Format String Syntax
Formatting functions such as [`fmt::format`](api.md#format) and [`fmt::print`](
api.md#print) use the same format string syntax described in this section.
Format strings contain "replacement fields" surrounded by curly braces `{}`.
Anything that is not contained in braces is considered literal text, which is
copied unchanged to the output. If you need to include a brace character in
the literal text, it can be escaped by doubling: `{{` and `}}`.
The grammar for a replacement field is as follows:
<a id="replacement-field"></a>
<pre><code class="language-json"
>replacement_field ::= "{" [arg_id] [":" (<a href="#format-spec"
>format_spec</a> | <a href="#chrono-format-spec">chrono_format_spec</a>)] "}"
arg_id ::= integer | identifier
integer ::= digit+
digit ::= "0"..."9"
identifier ::= id_start id_continue*
id_start ::= "a"..."z" | "A"..."Z" | "_"
id_continue ::= id_start | digit</code>
</pre>
In less formal terms, the replacement field can start with an *arg_id* that
specifies the argument whose value is to be formatted and inserted into the
output instead of the replacement field. The *arg_id* is optionally followed
by a *format_spec*, which is preceded by a colon `':'`. These specify a
non-default format for the replacement value.
See also the [Format Specification
Mini-Language](#format-specification-mini-language) section.
If the numerical arg_ids in a format string are 0, 1, 2, ... in sequence,
they can all be omitted (not just some) and the numbers 0, 1, 2, ... will be
automatically inserted in that order.
Named arguments can be referred to by their names or indices.
Some simple format string examples:
```c++
"First, thou shalt count to {0}" // References the first argument
"Bring me a {}" // Implicitly references the first argument
"From {} to {}" // Same as "From {0} to {1}"
```
The *format_spec* field contains a specification of how the value should
be presented, including such details as field width, alignment, padding,
decimal precision and so on. Each value type can define its own
"formatting mini-language" or interpretation of the *format_spec*.
Most built-in types support a common formatting mini-language, which is
described in the next section.
A *format_spec* field can also include nested replacement fields in
certain positions within it. These nested replacement fields can contain
only an argument id; format specifications are not allowed. This allows
the formatting of a value to be dynamically specified.
See the [Format Examples](#format-examples) section for some examples.
## Format Specification Mini-Language
"Format specifications" are used within replacement fields contained within a
format string to define how individual values are presented. Each formattable
type may define how the format specification is to be interpreted.
Most built-in types implement the following options for format
specifications, although some of the formatting options are only
supported by the numeric types.
The general form of a *standard format specifier* is:
<a id="format-spec"></a>
<pre><code class="language-json"
>format_spec ::= [[fill]align][sign]["#"]["0"][width]["." precision]["L"][type]
fill ::= &lt;a character other than '{' or '}'>
align ::= "<" | ">" | "^"
sign ::= "+" | "-" | " "
width ::= <a href="#replacement-field">integer</a> | "{" [<a
href="#replacement-field">arg_id</a>] "}"
precision ::= <a href="#replacement-field">integer</a> | "{" [<a
href="#replacement-field">arg_id</a>] "}"
type ::= "a" | "A" | "b" | "B" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "E" | "f" | "F" |
"g" | "G" | "o" | "p" | "s" | "x" | "X" | "?"</code>
</pre>
The *fill* character can be any Unicode code point other than `'{'` or `'}'`.
The presence of a fill character is signaled by the character following it,
which must be one of the alignment options. If the second character of
*format_spec* is not a valid alignment option, then it is assumed that both
the fill character and the alignment option are absent.
The meaning of the various alignment options is as follows:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Option</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'<'</code></td>
<td>
Forces the field to be left-aligned within the available space (this is the
default for most objects).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'>'</code></td>
<td>
Forces the field to be right-aligned within the available space (this is
the default for numbers).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'^'</code></td>
<td>Forces the field to be centered within the available space.</td>
</tr>
</table>
Note that unless a minimum field width is defined, the field width will
always be the same size as the data to fill it, so that the alignment
option has no meaning in this case.
The *sign* option is only valid for floating point and signed integer types,
and can be one of the following:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Option</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'+'</code></td>
<td>
Indicates that a sign should be used for both nonnegative as well as
negative numbers.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'-'</code></td>
<td>
Indicates that a sign should be used only for negative numbers (this is the
default behavior).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>space</td>
<td>
Indicates that a leading space should be used on nonnegative numbers, and a
minus sign on negative numbers.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
The `'#'` option causes the "alternate form" to be used for the
conversion. The alternate form is defined differently for different
types. This option is only valid for integer and floating-point types.
For integers, when binary, octal, or hexadecimal output is used, this
option adds the prefix respective `"0b"` (`"0B"`), `"0"`, or `"0x"`
(`"0X"`) to the output value. Whether the prefix is lower-case or
upper-case is determined by the case of the type specifier, for example,
the prefix `"0x"` is used for the type `'x'` and `"0X"` is used for
`'X'`. For floating-point numbers the alternate form causes the result
of the conversion to always contain a decimal-point character, even if
no digits follow it. Normally, a decimal-point character appears in the
result of these conversions only if a digit follows it. In addition, for
`'g'` and `'G'` conversions, trailing zeros are not removed from the
result.
*width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum field width. If not
specified, then the field width will be determined by the content.
Preceding the *width* field by a zero (`'0'`) character enables
sign-aware zero-padding for numeric types. It forces the padding to be
placed after the sign or base (if any) but before the digits. This is
used for printing fields in the form "+000000120". This option is only
valid for numeric types and it has no effect on formatting of infinity
and NaN. This option is ignored when any alignment specifier is present.
The *precision* is a decimal number indicating how many digits should be
displayed after the decimal point for a floating-point value formatted
with `'f'` and `'F'`, or before and after the decimal point for a
floating-point value formatted with `'g'` or `'G'`. For non-number types
the field indicates the maximum field size - in other words, how many
characters will be used from the field content. The *precision* is not
allowed for integer, character, Boolean, and pointer values. Note that a
C string must be null-terminated even if precision is specified.
The `'L'` option uses the current locale setting to insert the appropriate
number separator characters. This option is only valid for numeric types.
Finally, the *type* determines how the data should be presented.
The available string presentation types are:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'s'</code></td>
<td>
String format. This is the default type for strings and may be omitted.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'?'</code></td>
<td>Debug format. The string is quoted and special characters escaped.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>none</td>
<td>The same as <code>'s'</code>.</td>
</tr>
</table>
The available character presentation types are:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'c'</code></td>
<td>
Character format. This is the default type for characters and may be
omitted.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'?'</code></td>
<td>Debug format. The character is quoted and special characters escaped.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>none</td>
<td>The same as <code>'c'</code>.</td>
</tr>
</table>
The available integer presentation types are:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'b'</code></td>
<td>
Binary format. Outputs the number in base 2. Using the <code>'#'</code>
option with this type adds the prefix <code>"0b"</code> to the output value.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'B'</code></td>
<td>
Binary format. Outputs the number in base 2. Using the <code>'#'</code>
option with this type adds the prefix <code>"0B"</code> to the output value.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'c'</code></td>
<td>Character format. Outputs the number as a character.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'d'</code></td>
<td>Decimal integer. Outputs the number in base 10.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'o'</code></td>
<td>Octal format. Outputs the number in base 8.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'x'</code></td>
<td>
Hex format. Outputs the number in base 16, using lower-case letters for the
digits above 9. Using the <code>'#'</code> option with this type adds the
prefix <code>"0x"</code> to the output value.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'X'</code></td>
<td>
Hex format. Outputs the number in base 16, using upper-case letters for the
digits above 9. Using the <code>'#'</code> option with this type adds the
prefix <code>"0X"</code> to the output value.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>none</td>
<td>The same as <code>'d'</code>.</td>
</tr>
</table>
Integer presentation types can also be used with character and Boolean values
with the only exception that `'c'` cannot be used with `bool`. Boolean values
are formatted using textual representation, either `true` or `false`, if the
presentation type is not specified.
The available presentation types for floating-point values are:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'a'</code></td>
<td>
Hexadecimal floating point format. Prints the number in base 16 with
prefix <code>"0x"</code> and lower-case letters for digits above 9.
Uses <code>'p'</code> to indicate the exponent.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'A'</code></td>
<td>
Same as <code>'a'</code> except it uses upper-case letters for the
prefix, digits above 9 and to indicate the exponent.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'e'</code></td>
<td>
Exponent notation. Prints the number in scientific notation using
the letter 'e' to indicate the exponent.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'E'</code></td>
<td>
Exponent notation. Same as <code>'e'</code> except it uses an
upper-case <code>'E'</code> as the separator character.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'f'</code></td>
<td>Fixed point. Displays the number as a fixed-point number.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'F'</code></td>
<td>
Fixed point. Same as <code>'f'</code>, but converts <code>nan</code>
to <code>NAN</code> and <code>inf</code> to <code>INF</code>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'g'</code></td>
<td>
<p>General format. For a given precision <code>p &gt;= 1</code>,
this rounds the number to <code>p</code> significant digits and then
formats the result in either fixed-point format or in scientific
notation, depending on its magnitude.</p>
<p>A precision of <code>0</code> is treated as equivalent to a precision
of <code>1</code>.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'G'</code></td>
<td>
General format. Same as <code>'g'</code> except switches to
<code>'E'</code> if the number gets too large. The representations of
infinity and NaN are uppercased, too.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>none</td>
<td>
Similar to <code>'g'</code>, except that the default precision is as
high as needed to represent the particular value.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
The available presentation types for pointers are:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'p'</code></td>
<td>
Pointer format. This is the default type for pointers and may be omitted.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>none</td>
<td>The same as <code>'p'</code>.</td>
</tr>
</table>
## Chrono Format Specifications
Format specifications for chrono duration and time point types as well as
`std::tm` have the following syntax:
<a id="chrono-format-spec"></a>
<pre><code class="language-json"
>chrono_format_spec ::= [[<a href="#format-spec">fill</a>]<a href="#format-spec"
>align</a>][<a href="#format-spec">width</a>]["." <a href="#format-spec"
>precision</a>][chrono_specs]
chrono_specs ::= conversion_spec |
chrono_specs (conversion_spec | literal_char)
conversion_spec ::= "%" [padding_modifier] [locale_modifier] chrono_type
literal_char ::= &lt;a character other than '{', '}' or '%'>
padding_modifier ::= "-" | "_" | "0"
locale_modifier ::= "E" | "O"
chrono_type ::= "a" | "A" | "b" | "B" | "c" | "C" | "d" | "D" | "e" |
"F" | "g" | "G" | "h" | "H" | "I" | "j" | "m" | "M" |
"n" | "p" | "q" | "Q" | "r" | "R" | "S" | "t" | "T" |
"u" | "U" | "V" | "w" | "W" | "x" | "X" | "y" | "Y" |
"z" | "Z" | "%"</code>
</pre>
Literal chars are copied unchanged to the output. Precision is valid only
for `std::chrono::duration` types with a floating-point representation type.
The available presentation types (*chrono_type*) are:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'a'</code></td>
<td>
The abbreviated weekday name, e.g. "Sat". If the value does not contain a
valid weekday, an exception of type <code>format_error</code> is thrown.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'A'</code></td>
<td>
The full weekday name, e.g. "Saturday". If the value does not contain a
valid weekday, an exception of type <code>format_error</code> is thrown.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'b'</code></td>
<td>
The abbreviated month name, e.g. "Nov". If the value does not contain a
valid month, an exception of type <code>format_error</code> is thrown.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'B'</code></td>
<td>
The full month name, e.g. "November". If the value does not contain a valid
month, an exception of type <code>format_error</code> is thrown.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'c'</code></td>
<td>
The date and time representation, e.g. "Sat Nov 12 22:04:00 1955". The
modified command <code>%Ec</code> produces the locale's alternate date and
time representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'C'</code></td>
<td>
The year divided by 100 using floored division, e.g. "19". If the result
is a single decimal digit, it is prefixed with 0. The modified command
<code>%EC</code> produces the locale's alternative representation of the
century.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'d'</code></td>
<td>
The day of month as a decimal number. If the result is a single decimal
digit, it is prefixed with 0. The modified command <code>%Od</code>
produces the locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'D'</code></td>
<td>Equivalent to <code>%m/%d/%y</code>, e.g. "11/12/55".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'e'</code></td>
<td>
The day of month as a decimal number. If the result is a single decimal
digit, it is prefixed with a space. The modified command <code>%Oe</code>
produces the locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'F'</code></td>
<td>Equivalent to <code>%Y-%m-%d</code>, e.g. "1955-11-12".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'g'</code></td>
<td>
The last two decimal digits of the ISO week-based year. If the result is a
single digit it is prefixed by 0.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'G'</code></td>
<td>
The ISO week-based year as a decimal number. If the result is less than
four digits it is left-padded with 0 to four digits.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'h'</code></td>
<td>Equivalent to <code>%b</code>, e.g. "Nov".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'H'</code></td>
<td>
The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number. If the result is a single
digit, it is prefixed with 0. The modified command <code>%OH</code>
produces the locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'I'</code></td>
<td>
The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number. If the result is a single
digit, it is prefixed with 0. The modified command <code>%OI</code>
produces the locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'j'</code></td>
<td>
If the type being formatted is a specialization of duration, the decimal
number of days without padding. Otherwise, the day of the year as a decimal
number. Jan 1 is 001. If the result is less than three digits, it is
left-padded with 0 to three digits.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'m'</code></td>
<td>
The month as a decimal number. Jan is 01. If the result is a single digit,
it is prefixed with 0. The modified command <code>%Om</code> produces the
locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'M'</code></td>
<td>
The minute as a decimal number. If the result is a single digit, it
is prefixed with 0. The modified command <code>%OM</code> produces the
locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'n'</code></td>
<td>A new-line character.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'p'</code></td>
<td>The AM/PM designations associated with a 12-hour clock.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'q'</code></td>
<td>The duration's unit suffix.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'Q'</code></td>
<td>
The duration's numeric value (as if extracted via <code>.count()</code>).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'r'</code></td>
<td>The 12-hour clock time, e.g. "10:04:00 PM".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'R'</code></td>
<td>Equivalent to <code>%H:%M</code>, e.g. "22:04".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'S'</code></td>
<td>
Seconds as a decimal number. If the number of seconds is less than 10, the
result is prefixed with 0. If the precision of the input cannot be exactly
represented with seconds, then the format is a decimal floating-point number
with a fixed format and a precision matching that of the precision of the
input (or to a microseconds precision if the conversion to floating-point
decimal seconds cannot be made within 18 fractional digits). The modified
command <code>%OS</code> produces the locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'t'</code></td>
<td>A horizontal-tab character.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'T'</code></td>
<td>Equivalent to <code>%H:%M:%S</code>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'u'</code></td>
<td>
The ISO weekday as a decimal number (1-7), where Monday is 1. The modified
command <code>%Ou</code> produces the locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'U'</code></td>
<td>
The week number of the year as a decimal number. The first Sunday of the
year is the first day of week 01. Days of the same year prior to that are
in week 00. If the result is a single digit, it is prefixed with 0.
The modified command <code>%OU</code> produces the locale's alternative
representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'V'</code></td>
<td>
The ISO week-based week number as a decimal number. If the result is a
single digit, it is prefixed with 0. The modified command <code>%OV</code>
produces the locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'w'</code></td>
<td>
The weekday as a decimal number (0-6), where Sunday is 0. The modified
command <code>%Ow</code> produces the locale's alternative representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'W'</code></td>
<td>
The week number of the year as a decimal number. The first Monday of the
year is the first day of week 01. Days of the same year prior to that are
in week 00. If the result is a single digit, it is prefixed with 0.
The modified command <code>%OW</code> produces the locale's alternative
representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'x'</code></td>
<td>
The date representation, e.g. "11/12/55". The modified command
<code>%Ex</code> produces the locale's alternate date representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'X'</code></td>
<td>
The time representation, e.g. "10:04:00". The modified command
<code>%EX</code> produces the locale's alternate time representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'y'</code></td>
<td>
The last two decimal digits of the year. If the result is a single digit
it is prefixed by 0. The modified command <code>%Oy</code> produces the
locale's alternative representation. The modified command <code>%Ey</code>
produces the locale's alternative representation of offset from
<code>%EC</code> (year only).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'Y'</code></td>
<td>
The year as a decimal number. If the result is less than four digits it is
left-padded with 0 to four digits. The modified command <code>%EY</code>
produces the locale's alternative full year representation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'z'</code></td>
<td>
The offset from UTC in the ISO 8601:2004 format. For example -0430 refers
to 4 hours 30 minutes behind UTC. If the offset is zero, +0000 is used.
The modified commands <code>%Ez</code> and <code>%Oz</code> insert a
<code>:</code> between the hours and minutes: -04:30. If the offset
information is not available, an exception of type
<code>format_error</code> is thrown.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'Z'</code></td>
<td>
The time zone abbreviation. If the time zone abbreviation is not available,
an exception of type <code>format_error</code> is thrown.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>'%'</code></td>
<td>A % character.</td>
</tr>
</table>
Specifiers that have a calendaric component such as `'d'` (the day of month)
are valid only for `std::tm` and time points but not durations.
The available padding modifiers (*padding_modifier*) are:
| Type | Meaning |
|-------|-----------------------------------------|
| `'_'` | Pad a numeric result with spaces. |
| `'-'` | Do not pad a numeric result string. |
| `'0'` | Pad a numeric result string with zeros. |
These modifiers are only supported for the `'H'`, `'I'`, `'M'`, `'S'`, `'U'`,
`'V'`, `'W'`, `'Y'`, `'d'`, `'j'` and `'m'` presentation types.
## Range Format Specifications
Format specifications for range types have the following syntax:
<pre><code class="language-json"
>range_format_spec ::= ["n"][range_type][range_underlying_spec]</code>
</pre>
The `'n'` option formats the range without the opening and closing brackets.
The available presentation types for `range_type` are:
| Type | Meaning |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| none | Default format. |
| `'s'` | String format. The range is formatted as a string. |
| `'?s'` | Debug format. The range is formatted as an escaped string. |
If `range_type` is `'s'` or `'?s'`, the range element type must be a character
type. The `'n'` option and `range_underlying_spec` are mutually exclusive with
`'s'` and `'?s'`.
The `range_underlying_spec` is parsed based on the formatter of the range's
element type.
By default, a range of characters or strings is printed escaped and quoted.
But if any `range_underlying_spec` is provided (even if it is empty), then the
characters or strings are printed according to the provided specification.
Examples:
```c++
fmt::print("{}", std::vector{10, 20, 30});
// Output: [10, 20, 30]
fmt::print("{::#x}", std::vector{10, 20, 30});
// Output: [0xa, 0x14, 0x1e]
fmt::print("{}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
// Output: ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']
fmt::print("{:n}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
// Output: 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'
fmt::print("{:s}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
// Output: "hello"
fmt::print("{:?s}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', '\n'});
// Output: "hello\n"
fmt::print("{::}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
// Output: [h, e, l, l, o]
fmt::print("{::d}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
// Output: [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]
```
## Format Examples
This section contains examples of the format syntax and comparison with
the printf formatting.
In most of the cases the syntax is similar to the printf formatting,
with the addition of the `{}` and with `:` used instead of `%`. For
example, `"%03.2f"` can be translated to `"{:03.2f}"`.
The new format syntax also supports new and different options, shown in
the following examples.
Accessing arguments by position:
```c++
fmt::format("{0}, {1}, {2}", 'a', 'b', 'c');
// Result: "a, b, c"
fmt::format("{}, {}, {}", 'a', 'b', 'c');
// Result: "a, b, c"
fmt::format("{2}, {1}, {0}", 'a', 'b', 'c');
// Result: "c, b, a"
fmt::format("{0}{1}{0}", "abra", "cad"); // arguments' indices can be repeated
// Result: "abracadabra"
```
Aligning the text and specifying a width:
```c++
fmt::format("{:<30}", "left aligned");
// Result: "left aligned "
fmt::format("{:>30}", "right aligned");
// Result: " right aligned"
fmt::format("{:^30}", "centered");
// Result: " centered "
fmt::format("{:*^30}", "centered"); // use '*' as a fill char
// Result: "***********centered***********"
```
Dynamic width:
```c++
fmt::format("{:<{}}", "left aligned", 30);
// Result: "left aligned "
```
Dynamic precision:
```c++
fmt::format("{:.{}f}", 3.14, 1);
// Result: "3.1"
```
Replacing `%+f`, `%-f`, and `% f` and specifying a sign:
```c++
fmt::format("{:+f}; {:+f}", 3.14, -3.14); // show it always
// Result: "+3.140000; -3.140000"
fmt::format("{: f}; {: f}", 3.14, -3.14); // show a space for positive numbers
// Result: " 3.140000; -3.140000"
fmt::format("{:-f}; {:-f}", 3.14, -3.14); // show only the minus -- same as '{:f}; {:f}'
// Result: "3.140000; -3.140000"
```
Replacing `%x` and `%o` and converting the value to different bases:
```c++
fmt::format("int: {0:d}; hex: {0:x}; oct: {0:o}; bin: {0:b}", 42);
// Result: "int: 42; hex: 2a; oct: 52; bin: 101010"
// with 0x or 0 or 0b as prefix:
fmt::format("int: {0:d}; hex: {0:#x}; oct: {0:#o}; bin: {0:#b}", 42);
// Result: "int: 42; hex: 0x2a; oct: 052; bin: 0b101010"
```
Padded hex byte with prefix and always prints both hex characters:
```c++
fmt::format("{:#04x}", 0);
// Result: "0x00"
```
Box drawing using Unicode fill:
```c++
fmt::print(
"┌{0:─^{2}}┐\n"
"│{1: ^{2}}│\n"
"└{0:─^{2}}┘\n", "", "Hello, world!", 20);
```
prints:
```
┌────────────────────┐
│ Hello, world! │
└────────────────────┘
```
Using type-specific formatting:
```c++
#include <fmt/chrono.h>
auto t = tm();
t.tm_year = 2010 - 1900;
t.tm_mon = 7;
t.tm_mday = 4;
t.tm_hour = 12;
t.tm_min = 15;
t.tm_sec = 58;
fmt::print("{:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}", t);
// Prints: 2010-08-04 12:15:58
```
Using the comma as a thousands separator:
```c++
#include <fmt/format.h>
auto s = fmt::format(std::locale("en_US.UTF-8"), "{:L}", 1234567890);
// s == "1,234,567,890"
```