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                     Characters that format a numeric expression
 #    Digit position.                    ║ -     Placed after digit, prints
 .    Decimal point position.            ║       trailing sign for negative
 ,    Placed left of the decimal point,  ║       numbers.
      prints a comma every third digit.  ║ $$    Prints leading $.
 +    Position of number sign.           ║ **    Fills leading spaces with *.
^^^^  Prints in exponential format.      ║ **$   Combines ** and $$.
 
                     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.