Characters that format a numeric expression # Digit position. | - Placed after digit, prints . Decimal point position. | trailing sign for negative , Placed left of the decimal point, | numbers. prints a comma every third digit. | $$ Prints leading $. + Position of number sign. | ** Fills leading spaces with *. ^^^^ Prints in exponential format. | **$ Combines ** and $$. Characters used to format a string expression & Prints entire string. | \ \ Prints first n characters, ! Prints only the first character | where n is the number of of the string. | blanks between slashes + 2. Characters used to print literal characters _ Prints the following formatting | Any character not in this character as a literal. | table is printed as a | literal.