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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def format_value(value,number_format):
    "Convert number to string using a style string"

    style,sufix,scale = decode_format(number_format)
    fmt = "{0:" + style + "}" + sufix

    return fmt.format(scale * value)