printf format-string, arglist ;and the function
sprintf ( format-string, arglist )expand the format-string by substitution from the arglist, and send the result to standard output or return the result to the calling expression, respectively.
Most characters are copied verbatim from the format-string to the output. Conversion specifications, which start with a % and end with a format letter, are an exception. Each conversion specification is replaced by one argument from the arglist, formatted in a characteristic way as follows:
Between the % and the format letter there may be any of the following:
Conversion
SpecificationFormat %d signed decimal notation %u unsigned decimal notation %o unsigned octal notation, without leading 0 %x unsigned hexadecimal, using abcdef, without leading 0x %X unsigned hexadecimal, using ABCDEF, without leading 0X %c single character %s character string, not surrounded by quotes %q character string, surrounded by quotes if and only if an AMPL data statement would require them %Q character string, surrounded by quotes %f double-precision floating-point %e double-precision floating-point, exponential notation using e %E double-precision floating-point, exponential notation using E %g double-precision floating-point, using %f or %e %G double-precision floating-point, using %f or %E %% literal % (not a conversion: consumes no arguments)
Field widths w and precisions d are either decimal numbers or a *, which is replaced by the value of the next item in the arglist. Each conversion specification consumes one or (when * 's are involved) more items from the arglist and formats the last item it consumes.
Symbol Interpretation - left-justify + display a sign (+ or -) 0 pad with leading zeroes w place in a field at least w characters wide .d in %s, %q, %Q: print at most d characters from the string
in %d: print at least d digits, adding leading zeroes if necessary
in %f, %e: print d digits after the decimal point
in %g: print d significant digits
If the precision d is omitted, it is taken as zero. In the case of %g, a precision of 0 (%.0g or %.g) specifies "full" precision: the shortest decimal string that rounds to the value being formatted. If no . appears, %g is treated as %.6g. Analogous rules apply to %G.
The standard C escape sequences are allowed: \a (alert or bell), \b (backspace), \f (formfeed), \n (newline), \r (carriage return), \t (horizontal tab), \v (vertical tab), \xd or \xdd, where d denotes a hexadecimal digit, and \0d, \0dd, or \0ddd, where d denotes an octal digit.
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