Name
sprintf
Synopsis
sprintf format, list
Description
Returns a string formatted by the printf
conventions. The format string contains text with embedded field
specifiers into which the elements of list are substituted, one per
field. Field specifiers are roughly of the form:
%m.nx
where the m
and n
are
optional sizes whose interpretation depends on the type of field, and
x
is one of the following:
Code | Meaning |
---|---|
%
| Percent sign |
c
| Character |
d
| Decimal integer |
e
| Exponential format floating-point number |
E
| Exponential format floating-point number with uppercase E |
f
| Fixed-point format floating-point number |
g
| Floating-point number, in either exponential or fixed decimal notation |
G
| Like g with uppercase E (if applicable) |
ld
| Long decimal integer |
lo
| Long octal integer |
lu
| Long unsigned decimal integer |
lx
| Long hexadecimal integer |
o
| Octal integer |
s
| String |
u
| Unsigned decimal integer |
x
| Hexadecimal integer |
X
| Hexadecimal integer with uppercase letters |
p
| The Perl value’s address in hexadecimal |
n
|
Special value that stores the number of characters output so far into the next variable in the parameter list. |
m
is typically the minimum length of the field
(negative for left-justified), and n
is precision for
exponential formats and the maximum length for other formats. Padding is
typically done with spaces for strings and zeroes for numbers. The
*
character as a length specifier is not supported.
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