html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/5985#issuecomment-1473820156,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/5985,1473820156,IC_kwDOAMm_X85X2LX8,43316012,2023-03-17T13:09:02Z,2023-03-17T13:10:06Z,COLLABORATOR,"Found as an answer to a proposal PR: https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/7628#discussion_r1140211918 The solution is to use `.str.format` the other way around as you propose: You can try `das.str.format(da)`. Maybe you need to use `{}` instead of `%` in your format array.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1052753606