Range format specifiers in other languages?

[Imperatorn]

On Sunday, 11 October 2020 at 23:57:31 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> I find D's %( and %) range format specifiers very useful:
>
> import std.stdio;
> import std.range;
>
> void main() {
>   5.iota.writefln!"%(%s, %)";  // Prints 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
> }
>
> Are there similar features in other languages?
>
> Thank you,
> Ali

To people trying to learn, why is that % before ( needed in the 
format string?