\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{ambi (ambigious)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (lua-string-format.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (ambi (ambigious)) /Subject (Lua string.format Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{00007D} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F7F7FA} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Lua string.format Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{ambi (ambigious)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/195816/cs/41083/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}ambi (ambigious) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/ambigious} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 28th October, 2023.\\ Updated 28th October, 2023.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Function Call}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\seqsplit{string.format(formatstring}, ...args)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.292 cm} x{4.56 cm} x{1.748 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Specifier}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Input}} & {\bf{Description}} & {\bf{Example}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} g & Auto\textasciicircum{}\textdagger{}\textasciicircum{} & 384.63 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} G & Auto (uppercase)\textasciicircum{}\textdagger{}\textasciicircum{} & 386 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} d {\emph{or}} i & Signed decimal & -392 \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} u & Unsigned decimal & 1483 \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} f & Decimal float & 392.65 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} o & Unsigned octal & 610 \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} x & Unsigned hex & 7fa \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} X & Unsigned hex (uppercase) & 7FA \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} a & Hex float & \seqsplit{-0xc.90fep-2} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} A & Hex float (uppercase) & \seqsplit{-0XC.90FEP-2} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} e & Scientific notation & \seqsplit{3.9265e+2} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} E & Scientific notation (uppercase) & \seqsplit{3.9265E+2} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} c & Character & d \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} s & String & Hello world \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} p & Pointer & b8000000 \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \% & Literal "\%" & \% \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{Specifier determines the string format type. \newline \textasciicircum{}\textdagger{}\textasciicircum{}Auto choses between the more reasonable of `e` or `f`.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Q Specifier}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The Q specifier does not support flags, width, or precision. It outputs Lua values so that it is valid Lua code. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) Booleans are written obviously, `true, false, nil`. \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2) Strings are written with double quotes and escape sequences where necessary.% Row Count 7 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{For example, `string.format('\%q', 'a string with "quotes" and \textbackslash{}n new line')` produces: \newline `"a string with \textbackslash{}"quotes\textbackslash{}" and \textbackslash{} ` \newline ` new line"`} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Reference}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}\{\{link="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/manual.html\#pdf-string.format"\}\}Lua Manual\{\{/link\}\}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}\{\{link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf\#Format\_placeholder\_specification"\}\}Wikipedia\{\{/link\}\}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Format Specifier}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\%{[}flags{]}{[}width{]}{[}.precision{]}specifier} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Values are formatted and replaced sequentially with ...args. \newline Only one input can be entered for each argument. \newline Note the dot before precision.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.2 cm} x{6.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Flags}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ' & Group number by thousands. \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} - & Left justify, see {\bf{{\emph{width}}}}. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 0 & Pads with 0s instead of spaces, see {\bf{{\emph{width}}}}. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} + & Adds a + sign for positive numbers. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{(space)} & Inserts a space if there is no sign. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \# & For o, x, X:\{\{nl\}\}~~~~Add 0, 0x, 0X to non-zero numbers.\{\{nl\}\}For a, A, e, E, f, F, g, G:\{\{nl\}\}~~~~Always write a decimal point. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Width}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Minimum number of characters to be printed. \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) {\bf{{\emph{If the value is shorter}}}}: \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) ~~~~The value is padded, affected by - and 0 flags. \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2) {\bf{{\emph{If the value is longer}}}}: \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) ~~~~No truncation happens, note {\emph{minimum}}.% Row Count 7 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Precision}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{{\emph{For d, i, o, u, x, X (integers)}}}}: \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) ~~~~Minimum number of digits, no truncation happens. If the value is shorter, 0-padding happens on the left side. If set to zero, nothing is written for 0. \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 4) {\bf{{\emph{For a, A, e, E, f, F (floats)}}}}: \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) ~~~~Number of decimal digits to be printed. Defaults to 6. \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 2) {\bf{{\emph{For g, G}}}}: \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1) ~~~~Maximum number of significant digits. \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 2) {\bf{{\emph{For s}}}}: \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 1) ~~~~Maximum number of characters to be printed. By default all characters are printed.% Row Count 15 (+ 3) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Don't forget the dot!}} \newline If the period is specified without a value for precision, 0 is assumed.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}