Re: format statement: Expanding a string

Scott Brown wrote:
> set myfmt "%-25s %10s";
> set pets "Cat Dog";
> puts [format $myfmt Cat Dog]; # this one works
> puts [format $myfmt $pets]; # this one doesn't

  puts [eval [linsert $pets 0 format $myfmt]]

OR

  package require Tcl 8.5
  puts [format $myfmt {expand}$pets]

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