From: Its Me <itsme213@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T03:14:08+09:00
Subject: Re: printf / indent

Shouldn't sprintf truncate strings if needed?

sprintf("%10s", "Hello") -->  "     Hello": correct padding
sprintf("%3s", "Hello") --> "Hello": no truncation?

Bug? Operator error?

"Its Me" <itsme213@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cuyhc.9568$hR1.4441@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> How can I control starting (left) indentation for printf? Pickaxe did not
> yield an answer. Or do I have to loop putting out spaces with
>   IO#putc " "?
>
> Thanks!
>
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