get_format_instructions() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the get_format_instructions() function in list.py from the langchain codebase.

Function python OutputParsing StreamingParsers calls 1

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OutputParsing→ StreamingParsers→ get_format_instructions() — langchain Function Reference

Dependency Diagram

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  be6b5955_5669_a1a7_aaff_9cb7248c7a58["CommaSeparatedListOutputParser"]
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  841d318b_316e_db09_62b1_f7672a338dbe["get_format_instructions()"]
  905c82aa_c229_426d_c10c_8a9a18e74e1d -->|calls| 841d318b_316e_db09_62b1_f7672a338dbe
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Source Code

libs/core/langchain_core/output_parsers/list.py lines 157–162

    def get_format_instructions(self) -> str:
        """Return the format instructions for the comma-separated list output."""
        return (
            "Your response should be a list of comma separated values, "
            "eg: `foo, bar, baz` or `foo,bar,baz`"
        )