eldo_user

Eldo Control Language
Library of Functions for Tasks
sprint
Task function category: Functions Operating on Strings
Returns a formatted string; same behavior as the C sprintf function.
Usage
sprint(FORMAT [,ARG]*)
Arguments
• FORMAT
FORMAT is a string that contains the text to be formatted. This string can contain format
tags. A format tag must follow this specification:
%[flags][width][.precision]specifier
where:
specifier is:
c for a character
d or i or u for an integer number
e or E for a double precision floating point number in scientific notation
f for a double-precision floating-point number; the default precision is 6 digits
g or G to use the shorter of %f or %e or %E
s for a string
x or X for an hexadecimal integer number
% to print the % character
flags is:
- to force left justification within the given width
+ to force the sign to be always written
“ ” to insert a space before a number for which no sign is written
# to specify if 0x or 0X must be written before a not null hexadecimal number or to
specify if “.” must be always written for a double-precision floating-point number
0 to insert zeroes instead of spaces before a number
width is the minimum number of characters to be displayed (spaces are added if
necessary)
precision is the minimum number of digits to be written for integers (zeroes are added if
necessary).
or is the minimum number of digits to be written after the “.” for e, E and f specifiers.
or is the maximum number of significant digits for g or G specifiers.
or is the maximum number of characters to be written for string.
Eldo® User's Manual, 15.3 961