Re: [9fans] binary sprint format

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

On Fri Aug  7 04:44:37 EDT 2009, comeau@panix.com wrote:
> In article <4A7B6EF7.6090305@tecmav.com>,
> Adriano Verardo <a.verardo@tecmav.com> wrote:
> >I'm trying to convert integers in text binary format by sprint(...,
> >"%b", i),
> >but 8c issue a "format mismatch b INT" warning message.
> >
> >Can anyone kindly explain  to me my mistake ?
> >Doesn't   "%b"  behave like the other integer  format specifications  ?
>
> Sound like you may want %d, however, not sure what you're trying
> to do, since dunno what you mean by text binary or if you were just
> cutting corners with ... but run "man sprintf" and have a look.

if only the man page had been read and corners had not been cut ...

here's what was missed:
- the message (http://9fans.net/archive/2009/08/191) explaining
the solution which was sent several hrs earlier,
- that he was using sprint, not sprintf from stdio,
- that %b is a legitimate sprint verb.

- erik