Hope Henry can make the change. Anyhow, using www.wikipedia.com and searching for printf format will show what I found.
Oleg Kobchenko wrote: > > What docs? In all man pages in google man printf > there is "zero padding" flag '0' after %, > so %02d should be used for "03". > > The '.' is for fractional etc. precision. > > --- Henry Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You get that with %2.2d rather than %02d . >> >> When I coded printf I went to the docs on the Web & found >> that the %2.2d form seemed to be the one in use. It was %02d >> when I was coding C, but it must have changed sometime along >> the way. Or I got the wrong docs to look at. >> >> Henry Rich >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of efittery >> > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 5:06 PM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] How to convert a number to a string? >> > >> > >> > >From the little I looked at printf.ijs written by Henry >> > Rich, it looks like >> > he tried to duplicate the functionality the C language >> > implimentations. >> > >> > Also, he added new capabilities. >> > >> > One thing I see that seems not to work is: >> > >> > In C the following is true. >> > >> > '0' : Causes printf to use '0' (instead of spaces) to left >> > fill a fixed >> > length field. For example (assume i = 3) printf("%2d", i) >> > results in " 3", >> > while printf("%02d", i) results in "03" >> > >> > So, I would expect that: >> > >> > '%02d' printf 3 would produce "03" but it actually produces " 3" >> > >> > Has anybody got this to work? Maybe I will go through >> > printf.ijs and modify >> > it so it provides the same basic functionality that printf in >> > C provides. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > neitzel wrote: >> > > >> > > Terrence Brannon wrote: >> > >>Is there no printf-like functionality available? >> > > >> > > There is: require 'printf' and you get Henry Rich's excellent >> > > utilities. The script follows scriptdoc conventions and there's >> > > also a lab for it. >> > > >> > > Martin >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > View this message in context: >> > http://www.nabble.com/How-to-convert-a-number-to-a-string--tf4 >> > 093212s24193.html#a13940498 >> > Sent from the J Programming mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see >> > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-convert-a-number-to-a-string--tf4093212s24193.html#a13944486 Sent from the J Programming mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
