Re: add printf.scm to ice-9?

[Marius Vollmer]

Matthew R Wette <address@hidden> writes:

> Marius Vollmer writes ...
> > Matthew R Wette <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> > > I have been heavily using guile for an application at here at work.
> > > Guile seems to have everything I need except one item: printf.
> > 
> > Can't you use 'format' (which is the Lisp version of printf)?
> 
> I want formats like %12.5e and %-20s.
> My understanding is that this is not in format.

It is, see Per's post.  However, you need to '(use-modules (ice-9
format))'.  There is also a builtin simple-format that doesn't have
these options.