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<H2>NAME</H2>
Stdlib.Printf - no description
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<H2>Module</H2>
Module Stdlib.Printf
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<H2>Documentation</H2>
<P>
Module
<B>Printf</B>
<BR>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
<B>(module Stdlib__printf)</B>
<P>
<P>
<P>
<P>
<P>
<P>
<P>
<P>
<I>val fprintf </I>
:
<B>out_channel -&gt; ('a, out_channel, unit) format -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
<P>
<B>fprintf outchan format arg1 ... argN</B>
formats the arguments
<B>arg1</B>
to
<B>argN</B>
according to the format string
<B>format</B>
, and
outputs the resulting string on the channel
<B>outchan</B>
.
<P>
The format string is a character string which contains two types of
objects: plain characters, which are simply copied to the output
channel, and conversion specifications, each of which causes
conversion and printing of arguments.
<P>
Conversion specifications have the following form:
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<P>
<B>% [flags] [width] [.precision] type</B>
<P>
In short, a conversion specification consists in the
<B>%</B>
character,
followed by optional modifiers and a type which is made of one or
two characters.
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The types and their meanings are:
<P>
<P>
-
<B>d</B>
,
<B>i</B>
: convert an integer argument to signed decimal.
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-
<B>u</B>
,
<B>n</B>
,
<B>l</B>
,
<B>L</B>
, or
<B>N</B>
: convert an integer argument to
unsigned decimal. Warning:
<B>n</B>
,
<B>l</B>
,
<B>L</B>
, and
<B>N</B>
are
used for
<B>scanf</B>
, and should not be used for
<B>printf</B>
.
<P>
-
<B>x</B>
: convert an integer argument to unsigned hexadecimal,
using lowercase letters.
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-
<B>X</B>
: convert an integer argument to unsigned hexadecimal,
using uppercase letters.
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-
<B>o</B>
: convert an integer argument to unsigned octal.
<P>
-
<B>s</B>
: insert a string argument.
<P>
-
<B>S</B>
: convert a string argument to OCaml syntax (double quotes, escapes).
<P>
-
<B>c</B>
: insert a character argument.
<P>
-
<B>C</B>
: convert a character argument to OCaml syntax
(single quotes, escapes).
<P>
-
<B>f</B>
: convert a floating-point argument to decimal notation,
in the style
<B>dddd.ddd</B>
.
<P>
-
<B>F</B>
: convert a floating-point argument to OCaml syntax (
<B>dddd.</B>
or
<B>dddd.ddd</B>
or
<B>d.ddd e+-dd</B>
).
<P>
-
<B>e</B>
or
<B>E</B>
: convert a floating-point argument to decimal notation,
in the style
<B>d.ddd e+-dd</B>
(mantissa and exponent).
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-
<B>g</B>
or
<B>G</B>
: convert a floating-point argument to decimal notation,
in style
<B>f</B>
or
<B>e</B>
,
<B>E</B>
(whichever is more compact). Moreover,
any trailing zeros are removed from the fractional part of the result
and the decimal-point character is removed if there is no fractional
part remaining.
<P>
-
<B>h</B>
or
<B>H</B>
: convert a floating-point argument to hexadecimal notation,
in the style
<B>0xh.hhhh e+-dd</B>
(hexadecimal mantissa, exponent in
decimal and denotes a power of 2).
<P>
-
<B>B</B>
: convert a boolean argument to the string
<B>true</B>
or
<B>false</B>
<P>
<P>
-
<B>b</B>
: convert a boolean argument (deprecated; do not use in new
programs).
<P>
-
<B>ld</B>
,
<B>li</B>
,
<B>lu</B>
,
<B>lx</B>
,
<B>lX</B>
,
<B>lo</B>
: convert an
<B>int32</B>
argument to
the format specified by the second letter (decimal, hexadecimal, etc).
<P>
-
<B>nd</B>
,
<B>ni</B>
,
<B>nu</B>
,
<B>nx</B>
,
<B>nX</B>
,
<B>no</B>
: convert a
<B>nativeint</B>
argument to
the format specified by the second letter.
<P>
-
<B>Ld</B>
,
<B>Li</B>
,
<B>Lu</B>
,
<B>Lx</B>
,
<B>LX</B>
,
<B>Lo</B>
: convert an
<B>int64</B>
argument to
the format specified by the second letter.
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-
<B>a</B>
: user-defined printer. Take two arguments and apply the
first one to
<B>outchan</B>
(the current output channel) and to the
second argument. The first argument must therefore have type
<B>out_channel -&gt; 'b -&gt; unit</B>
and the second
<B>'b</B>
.
The output produced by the function is inserted in the output of
<B>fprintf</B>
at the current point.
<P>
-
<B>t</B>
: same as
<B>%a</B>
, but take only one argument (with type
<B>out_channel -&gt; unit</B>
) and apply it to
<B>outchan</B>
.
<P>
-
<B>{ fmt %}</B>
: convert a format string argument to its type digest.
The argument must have the same type as the internal format string
<B>fmt</B>
.
<P>
-
<B>( fmt %)</B>
: format string substitution. Take a format string
argument and substitute it to the internal format string
<B>fmt</B>
to print following arguments. The argument must have the same
type as the internal format string
<B>fmt</B>
.
<P>
-
<B>!</B>
: take no argument and flush the output.
<P>
-
<B>%</B>
: take no argument and output one
<B>%</B>
character.
<P>
-
<B>@</B>
: take no argument and output one
<B>@</B>
character.
<P>
-
<B>,</B>
: take no argument and output nothing: a no-op delimiter for
conversion specifications.
<P>
The optional
<B>flags</B>
are:
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-
<B>-</B>
: left-justify the output (default is right justification).
<P>
-
<B>0</B>
: for numerical conversions, pad with zeroes instead of spaces.
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-
<B>+</B>
: for signed numerical conversions, prefix number with a
<B>+</B>
sign if positive.
<P>
-space: for signed numerical conversions, prefix number with a
space if positive.
<P>
-
<B>#</B>
: request an alternate formatting style for the integer types
(
<B>x</B>
,
<B>X</B>
,
<B>o</B>
,
<B>lx</B>
,
<B>lX</B>
,
<B>lo</B>
,
<B>Lx</B>
,
<B>LX</B>
,
<B>Lo</B>
,
<B>d</B>
,
<B>i</B>
,
<B>u</B>
,
<B>ld</B>
,
<B>li</B>
,
<B>lu</B>
,
<B>Ld</B>
,
<B>Li</B>
,
<B>Lu</B>
,
<B>nd</B>
,
<B>ni</B>
,
<B>nu</B>
).
<P>
The optional
<B>width</B>
is an integer indicating the minimal
width of the result. For instance,
<B>%6d</B>
prints an integer,
prefixing it with spaces to fill at least 6 characters.
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The optional
<B>precision</B>
is a dot
<B>.</B>
followed by an integer
indicating how many digits follow the decimal point in the
<B>%f</B>
,
<B>%e</B>
, and
<B>%E</B>
conversions. For instance,
<B>%.4f</B>
prints a
<B>float</B>
with
4 fractional digits.
<P>
The integer in a
<B>width</B>
or
<B>precision</B>
can also be specified as
<B>*</B>
, in which case an extra integer argument is taken to specify
the corresponding
<B>width</B>
or
<B>precision</B>
. This integer argument
precedes immediately the argument to print.
For instance,
<B>%.*f</B>
prints a
<B>float</B>
with as many fractional
digits as the value of the argument given before the float.
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<I>val printf </I>
:
<B>('a, out_channel, unit) format -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>Printf.fprintf</B>
, but output on
<B>stdout</B>
.
<P>
<P>
<P>
<I>val eprintf </I>
:
<B>('a, out_channel, unit) format -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>Printf.fprintf</B>
, but output on
<B>stderr</B>
.
<P>
<P>
<P>
<I>val sprintf </I>
:
<B>('a, unit, string) format -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>Printf.fprintf</B>
, but instead of printing on an output channel,
return a string containing the result of formatting the arguments.
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<P>
<I>val bprintf </I>
:
<B>Buffer.t -&gt; ('a, Buffer.t, unit) format -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>Printf.fprintf</B>
, but instead of printing on an output channel,
append the formatted arguments to the given extensible buffer
(see module
<B>Buffer</B>
).
<P>
<P>
<P>
<I>val ifprintf </I>
:
<B>'b -&gt; ('a, 'b, 'c, unit) format4 -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>Printf.fprintf</B>
, but does not print anything.
Useful to ignore some material when conditionally printing.
<P>
<P>
<B>Since</B>
3.10.0
<P>
<P>
<P>
<P>
Formatted output functions with continuations.
<P>
<P>
<I>val kfprintf </I>
:
<B>(out_channel -&gt; 'd) -&gt;</B>
<B>out_channel -&gt; ('a, out_channel, unit, 'd) format4 -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>fprintf</B>
, but instead of returning immediately,
passes the out channel to its first argument at the end of printing.
<P>
<P>
<B>Since</B>
3.09.0
<P>
<P>
<P>
<I>val ikfprintf </I>
:
<B>('b -&gt; 'd) -&gt; 'b -&gt; ('a, 'b, 'c, 'd) format4 -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>kfprintf</B>
above, but does not print anything.
Useful to ignore some material when conditionally printing.
<P>
<P>
<B>Since</B>
4.01.0
<P>
<P>
<P>
<I>val ksprintf </I>
:
<B>(string -&gt; 'd) -&gt; ('a, unit, string, 'd) format4 -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>sprintf</B>
above, but instead of returning the string,
passes it to the first argument.
<P>
<P>
<B>Since</B>
3.09.0
<P>
<P>
<P>
<I>val kbprintf </I>
:
<B>(Buffer.t -&gt; 'd) -&gt;</B>
<B>Buffer.t -&gt; ('a, Buffer.t, unit, 'd) format4 -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
Same as
<B>bprintf</B>
, but instead of returning immediately,
passes the buffer to its first argument at the end of printing.
<P>
<P>
<B>Since</B>
3.10.0
<P>
<P>
<P>
<P>
Deprecated
<P>
<P>
<I>val kprintf </I>
:
<B>(string -&gt; 'b) -&gt; ('a, unit, string, 'b) format4 -&gt; 'a</B>
<P>
A deprecated synonym for
<B>ksprintf</B>
.
<P>
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