Re: format equivalent of printf "%3.1f", "%03x"

[Keith Wright]

> From: Steve Tell <address@hidden>
>
> Does guile's (format) procedure from (ice-9 format) provide a way to
> control the field width and number of decimal places with a ~f conversion,
> by analogy to:
>       printf("%4.1f", 1.267) -> " 1.3"

guile> (format #f "like this (~4,1f)" 1.267)
"like this ( 1.3)"

> And also, how do I get leading zeros for hex printing of integers
> as in "04x"?   

guile> (format #f "like this (~4,'0x)" 2561)
"like this (0a01)"

> Alternately, has anyone ever implemented a printf procedure for guile (or
> failing that, any scheme, I suppose) that is a full-featured superset of
> C's printf?

Boy are you asking for flamage.  Ask again when you are ready for
a quiz on pages 581-608 of Common Lisp: The Language
by Guy L. Steele Jr. (Digital Press)

I bet you are asking for an empty-featured subset before you are done.

But guile.info-14 _is_ missing some details, like how to specify
arguments and, in many cases, what they mean.

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