From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T03:26:11+09:00
Subject: Re: printf / indent

Its Me wrote:
> Shouldn't sprintf truncate strings if needed?
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> sprintf("%10s", "Hello") -->  "     Hello": correct padding
> sprintf("%3s", "Hello") --> "Hello": no truncation?

If you need truncation you should use
sprintf("%3.3s,"Hello")

The precision field for strings in C printf (and in Ruby's consequently) 
is just that -- specifies the maximum size of a filed.

Gennady.

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> Bug? Operator error?
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> "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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