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Syntax:: formatText [format, argument1, argument2, ...]
Parameters:: format: String - 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.
: argument: Anything - use Structured Text where necessary (see Example 2)
Return Value:: Structured Text

Example 1:: hint formatText ["Image: %1", image "\a3\Data_f\Flags\flag_Altis_co.paa"];
Example 2:: hint formatText ["%1%2%3", "line1", "<br/>", "line2"]; // result displayed in one line hint formatText ["%1%2%3", "line1", lineBreak, "line2"]; // result displayed in two lines

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 |r1= [[Structured Text]]
-|x1= <code>[[hint]] [[formatText]] ["Image: %1", [[image]] "\a3\Data_f\Flags\flag_Altis_co.paa"];</code>
+|x1= <sqf>hint formatText ["Image: %1", image "\a3\Data_f\Flags\flag_Altis_co.paa"];</sqf>
-|x2= <code>[[hint]] [[formatText]] ["%1%2%3", "line1", "<nowiki><br/></nowiki>", "line2"];		{{cc|result displayed in one line}}
+|x2= <sqf>
-[[hint]] [[formatText]] ["%1%2%3", "line1", [[lineBreak]], "line2"];	{{cc|result displayed in two lines}}</code>
+hint formatText ["%1%2%3", "line1", "<br/>", "line2"];		// result displayed in one line
+hint formatText ["%1%2%3", "line1", lineBreak, "line2"];	// result displayed in two lines
+</sqf>
 |seealso= [[Structured Text]] [[format]] [[composeText]] [[text]] [[parseText]]
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