FORMAT is Common Lisp's function for creating formatted text output. It is analogous to C's 'printf', but FORMAT can do a whole lot more.
An article, Advanced Use of Lisp's FORMAT Function, shows how to make full use of FORMAT's abilities. (The article was previously at lisp-p.org)
Drew McDermott has a good argument for not using FORMAT.
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