file – String format procedure similar to writeln – Stack Overflow
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/05/11
Cool Format feature from [WayBack] file – String format procedure similar to writeln – Stack Overflow:
The cool thing about using
Formatis that you use for Format Strings not only to parameterize things likewidthandprecisioninside thatFormat String, but also as parameters like you normally would provide values.You can get very close to using a
widthof 8 and aprecisionof 2, like the example in your question.For instance, to quote the documentation:
Format ('%*.*f', [8, 2, 123.456]);is equivalent to:
Format ('%8.2f', [123.456]);That is a much overlooked feature of
FormatandFormat Strings.
--jeroen
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