From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T03:35:46+09:00
Subject: Re: printf / indent

Gennady wrote:

> Its Me wrote:
> 
>> Shouldn't sprintf truncate strings if needed?
>>
>> sprintf("%10s", "Hello") -->  "     Hello": correct padding
>> sprintf("%3s", "Hello") --> "Hello": no truncation?
> 
> 
> If you need truncation you should use
> sprintf("%3.3s,"Hello")

Correction:
sprintf("%3.3s","Hello")

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