Outputting a formatted string works nearly identical in Ruby using printf.
{{code:php printf("The %s is %d feet tall", "man", 6); // => The man is 6 feet tall }}
{{code:ruby printf("The %s is %d feet tall", "man", 6) # => The man is 6 feet tall }}
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