From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DA1BC69 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:56:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.uibk.ac.at (lmr1.uibk.ac.at [138.232.1.142]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3NAuspu007014 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:56:54 +0200 Received: from smc.uibk.ac.at (smc.uibk.ac.at [138.232.1.226] c703350@smc.uibk.ac.at) by smtp.uibk.ac.at (8.13.8/8.13.1/F1) with ESMTP id l3NAurRc014886 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:56:53 +0200 Received: from smc.uibk.ac.at (localhost [127.0.0.1] c703350@smc.uibk.ac.at) by smc.uibk.ac.at (8.13.8+Sun/uibk) with ESMTP id l3NAuruQ016456 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:56:53 +0200 (MEST) Received: (from c703350@localhost) by smc.uibk.ac.at (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) id l3NAur17016455 for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:56:53 +0200 (MEST) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:56:52 +0200 From: Christian Sternagel To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Format.printf Message-ID: <20070423105652.GA3339@pc6197-c703.uibk.ac.at> Mail-Followup-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.61 at uibk.ac.at on 138.232.1.140 X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 462C90F6.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; printf:01 parametrize:01 printf:01 cheers:01 normal':98 integer:01 string:02 string:02 let:03 let:03 suggestions:07 function:08 possibility:10 print:13 print:13 Is there a possibility to parametrize format-strings. E.g. I want to provide a function [print_string], that, given an integer [i], right-aligns a string as if it was of length [i]. But following code is obviously not possible: let print_string i s = Format.printf "%%is\n" i s;; Since "%%" is a `normal' %. But since I do not know the needed length in advance I can not write something like let print_string i s = Format.printf "%10s\n" s;; Any suggestions? cheers christian