From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-08-06T15:16:16+09:00
Subject: Re: zero placeholder exponential sprintf?

Bil Kleb wrote:
> 
> Sorry for the confusion, String::% uses Kernel::sprintf -- see
> 
>    http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.html#M000770
> 

Uh, no.

class Object
  def sprintf(*args)
    puts "inside sprintf..."
    "hello"
  end
end

result = sprintf("%.6e", 1.123450e4)
puts result

puts "%.6e" % 1.123450e4

--output:--
inside sprintf...
hello
1.123450e+04


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