Re: [fpc-pascal] Value:x:y syntax
On 2/9/2021 7:26 AM, Luis Henrique via fpc-pascal wrote: I guess one can call it optional formatting specifiers. See documentation: https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/str.html I think I was lazy and didn't look in the right place, thanks Michael and Christo. This is standard Pascal real number formatting since at least the mid '70s... Ralf -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
[fpc-pascal] Value:x:y syntax
09.02.2021, 09:15, "Christo Crause" : > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 2:11 PM Luis Henrique via fpc-pascal > wrote: >> At >> https://lists.freepascal.org/pipermail/fpc-devel/2021-February/043569.html I >> saw the syntax "value: x: y". >>> str(value:6:3, valuestr); >> What is the name of this and where is it documented? >> I did tests and saw that Y determines the width of the precision part, but I >> can't see any effect of X. > > I guess one can call it optional formatting specifiers. See documentation: > https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/str.html I think I was lazy and didn't look in the right place, thanks Michael and Christo. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Value:x:y syntax
On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 2:11 PM Luis Henrique via fpc-pascal < fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > At > https://lists.freepascal.org/pipermail/fpc-devel/2021-February/043569.html > I saw the syntax "value: x: y". > > str(value:6:3, valuestr); > What is the name of this and where is it documented? > I did tests and saw that Y determines the width of the precision part, but > I can't see any effect of X. > I guess one can call it optional formatting specifiers. See documentation: https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/str.html ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Value:x:y syntax
On Tue, 9 Feb 2021, Luis Henrique via fpc-pascal wrote: At https://lists.freepascal.org/pipermail/fpc-devel/2021-February/043569.html I saw the syntax "value: x: y". str(value:6:3, valuestr); What is the name of this and where is it documented? It is documented in the official documentation: https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/current/rtl/system/str.html The write procedure also supports these formatting options, they are also documented: https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/current/rtl/system/write.html Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
[fpc-pascal] Value:x:y syntax
At https://lists.freepascal.org/pipermail/fpc-devel/2021-February/043569.html I saw the syntax "value: x: y". > str(value:6:3, valuestr); What is the name of this and where is it documented? I did tests and saw that Y determines the width of the precision part, but I can't see any effect of X. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
