# Can I make Prolog's "format/x" family behave leniently?

**URL:** <https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/can-i-make-prologs-format-x-family-behave-leniently/1776>\
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**Created:** [January 22, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/can-i-make-prologs-format-x-family-behave-leniently/1776 "2020-01-22T16:33:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/EricGT)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/can-i-make-prologs-format-x-family-behave-leniently/1776/11 "2020-01-26T16:05:31Z")

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See recent changes regarding format/2 format/3 in this [post](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/too-many-arguments-to-format-2/1715/14).

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