format() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the format() function in prompt.py from the langchain codebase.

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  21bd3731_3333_8ace_7023_5dd43ed308cf["PromptTemplate"]
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Source Code

libs/core/langchain_core/prompts/prompt.py lines 191–201

    def format(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
        """Format the prompt with the inputs.

        Args:
            **kwargs: Any arguments to be passed to the prompt template.

        Returns:
            A formatted string.
        """
        kwargs = self._merge_partial_and_user_variables(**kwargs)
        return DEFAULT_FORMATTER_MAPPING[self.template_format](self.template, **kwargs)