[Twizted]

All of them are made so that you don't have to use format + SendClientMessage when formatting a message.

In other words, the former becomes the latter:

pawn Код:

new name[MAX_PLAYER_NAME], string[23 + MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
    GetPlayerName(playerid, name, sizeof(name));

    format(string, sizeof(string), "%s has joined the server", name);
    SendClientMessageToAll(0xFFFF00FF, string);
    
    ======
     
    new name[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
    GetPlayerName(playerid, name, sizeof(name));
    SendClientMessageEx(playerid, -1, "%s has joined the server", name);