lsprintf

lsprintf( 
t_formatString
[ g_arg1 ... ] 
) 
=> t_string

Description

Returns a string according to the provided format. lsprintf is a lambda version of the sprintf function that can be used as an argument with apply or funcall.

Refer to the Common Output Format Specifications table of the fprintf function. If nil is specified as the first argument, no assignment is made, but the formatted string is returned.

Arguments

Value Returned

Examples

let( (format( "%d %d %s %L\n")
    printf_style_args( (list 42 41 "hello" (list "world"))))
    apply( 'lsprintf format printf_style_args))
=>"42 41 hello (\"world\")\n"

Related Topics

String Functions

sprintf