| Character | Description |
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| @ | Character placeholder. Display a character or a space. If the string has a character in the position where the at symbol (@) appears in the format string, display it; otherwise, display a space in that position. Placeholders are filled from right to left unless there is an exclamation point character (!) in the format string. |
| & | Character placeholder. Display a character or nothing. If the string has a character in the position where the ampersand (&) appears, display it; otherwise, display nothing. Placeholders are filled from right to left unless there is an exclamation point character (!) in the format string. |
| < | Force lowercase. Display all characters in lowercase format. |
| > | Force uppercase. Display all characters in uppercase format. |
| ! | Force left to right fill of placeholders. The default is to fill placeholders from right to left. |