## Function: COMMON-LISP:FORMAT
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> Provides various facilities for formatting output.
> CONTROL-STRING contains a string to be output, possibly with embedded
> directives, which are flagged with the escape character "~". Directives
> generally expand into additional text to be output, usually consuming one
> or more of the FORMAT-ARGUMENTS in the process. A few useful directives
> are:
> ~A or ~nA   Prints one argument as if by PRINC
> ~S or ~nS   Prints one argument as if by PRIN1
> ~D or ~nD   Prints one argument as a decimal integer
> ~%          Does a TERPRI
> ~&          Does a FRESH-LINE
> where n is the width of the field in which the object is printed.
> 
> DESTINATION controls where the result will go. If DESTINATION is T, then
> the output is sent to the standard output stream. If it is NIL, then the
> output is returned in a string as the value of the call. Otherwise,
> DESTINATION must be a stream to which the output will be sent.
> 
> Example:   (FORMAT NIL "The answer is ~D." 10) => "The answer is 10."
> 
> FORMAT has many additional capabilities not described here. Consult the
> manual for details.

### Lambda list
```cl
(sb-format::destination sb-format::control-string &rest sb-format::format-arguments)
```