CVSROOT: /sources/m4
Module name: m4
Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/07/17 13:26:09
Index: doc/m4.texinfo
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RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v
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@@ -3464,6 +3464,10 @@
@result{}
format(`The string "%s" uses %d characters', foo, len(foo))
@result{}The string "The brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" uses 38 characters
+format(`%.0f', `56789.9876')
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+len(format(`%-*X', `5000', `1'))
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@end example
Using the @code{forloop} macro defined in @xref{Loops}, this
@@ -3488,11 +3492,14 @@
The builtin @code{format} is modeled after the ANSI C @samp{printf}
function, and supports the normal @samp{%} specifiers: @samp{c},
@samp{s}, @samp{d}, @samp{o}, @samp{x}, @samp{X}, @samp{u}, @samp{e},
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and @samp{f}; it supports field widths and precisions, and the
[EMAIL PROTECTED], @samp{f}, @samp{F}, @samp{g}, and @samp{G}; it supports
+field widths and precisions, and the
modifiers @samp{+}, @samp{-}, @[EMAIL PROTECTED] }}, @samp{0}, @samp{#},
@samp{h} and
@samp{l}. For more details on the functioning of @code{printf}, see the
C Library Manual.
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+
@node Arithmetic
@chapter Macros for doing arithmetic
