@sprintf On Apr 11, 2014, at 11:18 PM, Dominique Orban <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry if this is a RTFM, but I can't find the answer in the documentation or
> on the web. I may have missed it. I come from Python where I can build
> strings with formatted data using a syntax like
>
> s = "pi=%7.1e" % acos(-1)
>
> How do I accomplish that in Julia? @printf doesn't do the job because it
> doesn't return anything:
>
> julia> s = @printf("%7.1e", 3.14)
> 3.1e+00
> julia> s
>
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
