Python In Practice - 15 Projects to Master Python - format( )

The video tutorial explains how to use the format function in programming to format various data types. It covers formatting numbers as decimal integers, binary, hex, and octal codes. The tutorial also demonstrates rounding decimal numbers and calculating percentages. Additionally, it shows how to align and decorate strings using different symbols and alignment keys. The video provides practical examples and encourages checking additional resources for more format specifications.

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How can you format strings for alignment using the format function?