Re: [fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Marco van de Voort
> Marco van de Voort wrote: > >>> SysUtils.Format ('%.4D', Some_Int); > >> Sounds like I found a case where 'C' is more intuitive than pascal ;-). > > > > With a C mindset, yes. There a leading 0 can have meaning. In Pascal an > > extra leading zero never has meaning. > > It's a formatting string

Re: [fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Micha Nelissen
Marco van de Voort wrote: >>> SysUtils.Format ('%.4D', Some_Int); >> Sounds like I found a case where 'C' is more intuitive than pascal ;-). > > With a C mindset, yes. There a leading 0 can have meaning. In Pascal an > extra leading zero never has meaning. It's a formatting string, not a number o

Re: [fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Marco van de Voort
> > > > SysUtils.Format ('%.4D', Some_Int); > > Sounds like I found a case where 'C' is more intuitive than pascal ;-). With a C mindset, yes. There a leading 0 can have meaning. In Pascal an extra leading zero never has meaning. > Seriously, isn't "Format" an imitation of C's printf ? At leas

Re: [fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Vinzent Hoefler
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 11:39, Micha Nelissen wrote: > Vinzent Hoefler wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:44, Micha Nelissen wrote: > >> How can I zero-pad using Format ? > > > > RTFM. :-) > > > > SysUtils.Format ('%.4D', Some_Int); > > Sounds like I found a case where 'C' is more intuitive than

[fpc-devel] I can not build Lazarus with gtk2

2006-06-20 Thread J. Peter Mugaas
I was compiling Lazarus with gtk2 (I have gtk2.8.17) in Linux and I got the following errors when linking: -=== /usr/lib/fpc/2.1.1/units/i386-linux/gtk2/gtk2.o: In function `GTK2_GTK_TYPE_FILE_CHOOSER_DEFAULT$$LONGWORD': gtk2.pas:(.text+0xb9b1): undefined reference to `_gtk_file_chooser_default

Re: [fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Micha Nelissen
Vinzent Hoefler wrote: > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:44, Micha Nelissen wrote: > >> How can I zero-pad using Format ? > > RTFM. :-) > > SysUtils.Format ('%.4D', Some_Int); Sounds like I found a case where 'C' is more intuitive than pascal ;-). Seriously, isn't "Format" an imitation of C's print

Re: [fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Micha Nelissen
Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > in fpc it's a dot. > > Try > %.4d > > This is in the docs: > http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/format.html Thanks, that works. I did read that page, but only saw 'padded with spaces' and assumed Precision was only applicable to floating point value

Re: [fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Vinzent Hoefler
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:44, Micha Nelissen wrote: > How can I zero-pad using Format ? RTFM. :-) SysUtils.Format ('%.4D', Some_Int); Vinzent. ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fp

Re: [fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote: Hi, How can I zero-pad using Format ? In C, using printf it's done using an extra 0 digit in for the width: '%04d' with parameter 3 will print '0003'. Wouldn't this be useful for FPC's Format as well, or is there another way ? in fpc it's a dot. T

[fpc-devel] Format with zero padding

2006-06-20 Thread Micha Nelissen
Hi, How can I zero-pad using Format ? In C, using printf it's done using an extra 0 digit in for the width: '%04d' with parameter 3 will print '0003'. Wouldn't this be useful for FPC's Format as well, or is there another way ? Micha ___ fpc-devel mailli

[fpc-devel] Back on-line

2006-06-20 Thread Daniël Mantione
Hello all, The mailinglists are back on-line. Daniël___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel