# Description
This PR updates the signature of `format` to allow records to be passed
in.
Closes#9897
### Before
```nushell
{name: Downloads} | format "{name}"
× Command does not support record<name: string> input.
╭─[entry #12:1:1]
1 │ {name: Downloads} | format "{name}"
· ───┬──
· ╰── command doesn't support record<name: string> input
╰────
```
### After
```nushell
{name: Downloads} | format "{name}"
Downloads
```
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