# How to repeat the format in @printf?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-repeat-the-format-in-printf/66695>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** io\
**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-repeat-the-format-in-printf/66695 "2021-08-19T23:48:58Z")\
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@CRquantum, you could write like this (_added carriage return for better formatting_):

```julia
f = Printf.Format("%9.3f"^4*"\n")
io = open("myfile2.txt", "w")
for i in 1:10
    Printf.format(io, f, 1,2,3,4)
end
close(io)

```

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