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Module std.format

Utilities for formatted printing.

This module provides macros for formatted printing that are integrated into the Regent language.

A basic example if the println macro, which prints format string followed by a newline. Each location where {} appears is replaced by the value of one of the arguments. Arguments are referred to in sequence; there is currently no facility to refer to an arguments explicitly by number or by name.

println("Hello {} {} {} world!", 123, 3.14, "asdf")

Note that the types of the arguments are inferred automatically, so there is no need to use a format specifier, aside from when a specific style is desired.

Styles and other arguments for formatting are always optional, and are included inside the {}. For example, {x} formats an integer as hexadecimal, and {.3} formats a floating point number with 3 decimal places. Examples:

println("{7x}", 123) -- Format as hex, padded on the left up to 7 spaces
println("{e}", 12.4) -- Format in scientific notation
println{"{09}", 123) -- Format padded on the left by up to 9 zeroes

Format Specifiers

The general form of a format specifier is:

{[padding][.precision][style]}

Currently the following values are supported for each field:

• Padding: must match [0-9]*. Specifies the minimum number of spaces the formatted value must occupy. If the formatted value is at least this number of spaces (or greater), nothing is done. If the formatted value is smaller, then it is padded on the left with spaces (or zeroes, if the padding value starts with a leading 0) to ensure that the field as a whole occupies the padding number of spaces.

• Precision: must be a literal period (.) followed by [0-9]+. Specifies the number of decimal places used to format a floating point value.

• Style: must match [ex]. Each letter specifies a different style. Note that styles may require specific types. Currently the following styles are supported:

  • e: The exponential style. Requires a floating point value.
  • x: The hexadecimal style. Requires an integer value.

Fields

Fields

print

Print formatted string (no automatic newline).

• msg Format string. Must be a literal constant.
• ... Arguments.

println

Print formatted string (with automatic newline).

• msg Format string. Must be a literal constant.
• ... Arguments.

fprint

Print formatted string to stream (no automatic newline).

• stream Destination stream of type FILE *.
• msg Format string. Must be a literal constant.
• ... Arguments.

fprintln

Print formatted string to stream (with automatic newline).

• stream Destination stream of type FILE *.
• msg Format string. Must be a literal constant.
• ... Arguments.

snprint

Print formatted string to buffer (no automatic newline).

• s Destination buffer of type rawstring.
• n Maximum number of bytes to write, including a terminating NUL character.
• msg Format string. Must be a literal constant.
• ... Arguments.

snprintln

Print formatted string to buffer (with automatic newline).

• s Destination buffer of type rawstring.
• n Maximum number of bytes to write, including a terminating NUL character.
• msg Format string. Must be a literal constant.
• ... Arguments.