There is a Sprintf class for AS2, available here: http://natecook.com/downloads/sprintf.html
You can try running it through my AS2 to AS3 converter here: http://www.5etdemi.com/convert/ Good luck, Patrick --- In [email protected], Lachlan Cotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Misael, > > That would be useful as ActionScript string concatenation operations > are fairly clumsy with more than a few pieces. Unfortunately the AS > String class doesn't seem to have such functionality. It's not so > hard to roll your own, because you don't need to worry about the > various types, you just need a single token and call toString() on > all the arguments. Here's a sketch of something, but it's not very > robust. You would have to add checking for zero-length arguments and > other unexpected conditions. It might get a bit trickier also if you > want to do various number formats like hexadecimal. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" > creationComplete="testFormat()"> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.controls.Alert; > > public function stringFormat (format:String, ... > args):String > { > var parts:Array = format.split('%@'); > > // Parts should have one more element that args. > if (parts.length != args.length + 1) > throw new Error("Problem with your > logic!"); > > var output:String = parts[0]; > > for (var i:Number = 0; i < args.length; i++) { > output += args[i].toString(); > output += parts[i + 1]; > } > > return output; > } > > public function testFormat ():void > { > var str:String = stringFormat("Test, %@, > insertion, %@, of, %@ > vars", > 42, 'a string', {prop:'test'}); > > Alert.show(str); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > </mx:Application> > > Cheers, > Lach > > > On 07/11/2006, at 11:13 PM, Misael wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > is there an utility class, function or anything in AS3 with similar > > functionality of C printf function? I need to format a string just > > like I do it with this function, along with all the capabilities > > which comes along (%d, %s, etc). > > > > Thanks! >
