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                     Characters that format a numeric expression
 #    Digit position                     ║ -     Placed after digit positions,
 .    Decimal point position             ║       prints trailing sign for
 ,    Placed left of the decimal point,  ║       negative numbers only
      prints a comma every third digit   ║ $$    Prints leading $
 +    Position of number's sign          ║ **    Fills leading spaces with *
^^^^  Prints number in exponential format║ **$   Combines ** and $$
                     Characters used to format a string expression
 &    Prints entire string               ║ \  \  Prints first 'n' characters,
 !    Prints only the first character    ║       where n is the number of
      of the string                      ║       blanks between slashes + 2
                       Characters used to print literal characters
 _    Prints the following formatting    ║       Any character not in this
      character as a literal             ║       table is printed as a literal
 
See Also    ◄FormatX$ Functions►    ◄PALETTE, PALETTE USING►    ◄PRINT►
            ◄PRINT USING►