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16.3.5 Java Format Strings
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   There are two kinds of format strings in Java: those acceptable to
the ‘MessageFormat.format’ function, labelled as ‘java-format’, and
those acceptable to the ‘String.format’ and ‘PrintStream.printf’
functions, labelled as ‘java-printf-format’.

   Java format strings are described in the JDK documentation for class
‘java.text.MessageFormat’,
.
See also the ICU documentation
.

   Java ‘printf’ format strings are described in the JDK documentation
for class ‘java.util.Formatter’,
.