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5.1.110 printf
Procedure from library standard.lib (see standard_lib).
- Syntax:
printf ( string_expression [, any_expressions] )
- Return:
- none
- Purpose:
printf(fmt,...); performs output formatting. The first
argument is a format control string. Additional arguments may be
required, depending on the content of the control string. A series
of output characters is generated as directed by the control string;
these characters are displayed (i.e., printed to standard out).
The control string fmt is simply text to be copied, except
that the string may contain conversion specifications.
Type help print; for a listing of valid conversion
specifications. As an addition to the conversions of print ,
the %n and %2 conversion specification does not
consume an additional argument, but simply generates a newline
character.
- Note:
- If one of the additional arguments is a list, then it should be
enclosed once more into a
list() command, since passing a
list as an argument flattens the list by one level.
Example:
See also:
fprintf;
print;
sprintf;
string.
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