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**{fmt}** is an open-source formatting library for C++.
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It can be used as a safe and fast alternative to (s)printf and iostreams.
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`Documentation <https://fmt.dev/latest/>`__
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`Documentation <https://fmt.dev>`__
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Q&A: ask questions on `StackOverflow with the tag fmt
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<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/fmt>`_.
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for localization
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* Implementation of `C++20 std::format
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<https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/format>`__
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* `Format string syntax <https://fmt.dev/dev/syntax.html>`_ similar to the one
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of Python's
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* `Format string syntax <https://fmt.dev/dev/syntax.html>`_ similar to Python's
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`format <https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.format>`_
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* Safe `printf implementation
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<https://fmt.dev/latest/api.html#printf-formatting>`_ including
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the POSIX extension for positional arguments
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* Extensibility: support for user-defined types
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<https://fmt.dev/latest/api.html#printf-formatting>`_ including the POSIX
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extension for positional arguments
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* Extensibility: `support for user-defined types
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<https://fmt.dev/latest/api.html#formatting-user-defined-types>`_
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* High performance: faster than common standard library implementations of
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`printf <https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/io/c/fprintf>`_,
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iostreams, ``to_string`` and ``to_chars``, see `Speed tests`_ and
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`Converting a hundred million integers to strings per second
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``(s)printf``, iostreams, ``to_string`` and ``to_chars``, see `Speed tests`_
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and `Converting a hundred million integers to strings per second
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<http://www.zverovich.net/2020/06/13/fast-int-to-string-revisited.html>`_
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* Small code size both in terms of source code (the minimum configuration
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consists of just three header files, ``core.h``, ``format.h`` and
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``format-inl.h``) and compiled code. See `Compile time and code bloat`_
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* Small code size both in terms of source code with the minimum configuration
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consisting of just three files, ``core.h``, ``format.h`` and ``format-inl.h``,
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and compiled code; see `Compile time and code bloat`_
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* Reliability: the library has an extensive set of `unit tests
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<https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/tree/master/test>`_ and is continuously fuzzed
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* Safety: the library is fully type safe, errors in format strings can be
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<https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/blob/master/LICENSE.rst>`_
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* `Portability <https://fmt.dev/latest/index.html#portability>`_ with
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consistent output across platforms and support for older compilers
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* Clean warning-free codebase even on high warning levels
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(``-Wall -Wextra -pedantic``)
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* Clean warning-free codebase even on high warning levels such as
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``-Wall -Wextra -pedantic``
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* Locale-independence by default
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* Support for wide strings
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* Optional header-only configuration enabled with the ``FMT_HEADER_ONLY`` macro
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See the `documentation <https://fmt.dev/latest/>`_ for more details.
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See the `documentation <https://fmt.dev>`_ for more details.
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Examples
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--------
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std::string s = fmt::format("I'd rather be {1} than {0}.", "right", "happy");
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// s == "I'd rather be happy than right."
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Print a chrono duration:
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Print chrono durations:
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.. code:: c++
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#include <fmt/chrono.h>
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int main() {
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using namespace std::chrono_literals;
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fmt::print("Elapsed time: {}", 42ms);
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using namespace std::literals::chrono_literals;
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fmt::print("Default format: {} {}\n", 42s, 100ms);
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fmt::print("strftime-like format: {:%H:%M:%S}\n", 3h + 15min + 30s);
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}
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prints "Elapsed time: 42ms".
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Output::
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Default format: 42s 100ms
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strftime-like format: 03:15:30
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Check a format string at compile time:
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format_to(buf, "{:x}", 42); // replaces itoa(42, buffer, 16)
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// access the string with to_string(buf) or buf.data()
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Format objects of user-defined types via a simple `extension API
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<https://fmt.dev/latest/api.html#formatting-user-defined-types>`_:
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.. code:: c++
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#include <fmt/format.h>
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struct date {
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int year, month, day;
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};
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template <>
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struct fmt::formatter<date> {
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constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) { return ctx.begin(); }
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template <typename FormatContext>
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auto format(const date& d, FormatContext& ctx) {
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return format_to(ctx.out(), "{}-{}-{}", d.year, d.month, d.day);
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}
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};
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std::string s = fmt::format("The date is {}", date{2012, 12, 9});
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// s == "The date is 2012-12-9"
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Create your own functions similar to `format
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<https://fmt.dev/latest/api.html#format>`_ and
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`print <https://fmt.dev/latest/api.html#print>`_
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