# system.kanoa.utilities.stringFormat(text)

Replaces underscores and dashes with spaces, creates spaces between separate words

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### Parameters
**text** `String`: Text to format<br />

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### Returns
**text** `String`<br />

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### Example
```python
print system.kanoa.utilities.stringFormat('example_text_with_underscores')
>>>
example text with underscores
```