>>>>> "BD" == Brent Dax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
BD> Uri Guttman:
BD> # $prec = %hash{width} ;
BD> # sprintf( qf"%${prec}s", $string);
BD> #
BD> # sprintf( "\%${prec}s", $string);
BD> #
BD> # is one of your alternatives. :-/
BD> You forgot one.
BD> sprintf('%'_%hash{width}_'s', $string);
BD> Not horribly pretty, true, but not bad enough to justify writing a
BD> quoting hack into the language. (And yes, I do consider 'qf' a
BD> quoting hack.)
but it fits into the q family well. the above code looks more like a
hack (as you say it is not pretty). anyhow we haven't heard from larry
on this yet since we heard the reports of printf issues. i will drop it
for now as my flavor is out there along with the others.
uri
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