Thank you! Such a basic operation could feature a bit more prominently in the documentation.
On Friday, April 11, 2014 11:21:28 PM UTC-7, John Myles White wrote: > > @sprintf > > On Apr 11, 2014, at 11:18 PM, Dominique Orban > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > 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. > > >
