Formatted Character Data
DESCRIPTION:
Coerces the input to character strings using a common format. The function is useful for building custom output displays, and is often used in conjunction with cat to print such displays.
USAGE: 
format(x, ...)
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:
x:
an object of a class that has a method for format, or an atomic object.
VALUE:
an object similar to the input, but converted to character.
DETAILS:
This is a generic function.
SEE ALSO:
cat , format.dates , format.default , paste , print , seq .
EXAMPLES: 
format(2^seq(10))
#  [1] "   2" "   4" "   8" "  16" "  32"
#  [6] "  64" " 128" " 256" " 512" "1024"