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diff --git a/indra/newview/scripts/lua/require/printf.lua b/indra/newview/scripts/lua/require/printf.lua
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+++ b/indra/newview/scripts/lua/require/printf.lua
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+-- printf(...) is short for print(string.format(...))
+
+local inspect = require 'inspect'
+
+local function printf(format, ...)
+    -- string.format() only handles numbers and strings.
+    -- Convert anything else to string using the inspect module.
+    local args = {}
+    for _, arg in pairs(table.pack(...)) do
+        if type(arg) == 'number' or type(arg) == 'string' then
+            table.insert(args, arg)
+        else
+            table.insert(args, inspect(arg))
+        end
+    end
+    print(string.format(format, table.unpack(args)))
+end
+
+return printf