# phpman > perldoc > Template::Plugin::Format

## NAME
    [Template::Plugin::Format](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Template%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AFormat/markdown) - Plugin to create formatting functions

## SYNOPSIS
        [% USE format %]
        [% commented = format('# %s') %]
        [% commented('The cat sat on the mat') %]

        [% USE bold = format('<b>%s</b>') %]
        [% bold('Hello') %]

## DESCRIPTION
    The format plugin constructs sub-routines which format text according to a "printf()"-like
    format string.

## AUTHOR
    Andy Wardley <<abw@wardley.org>> <<http://wardley.org/>>

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.

    This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO
    [Template::Plugin](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Template%3A%3APlugin/markdown)