printf - Emulator of C language printf function

Calling Sequence

printf(format,value_1,..,value_n)

Parameters

• format : a Scilab string. Specifies a character string combining literal characters with conversion specifications.
• value_i : Specifies the data to be converted according to the format parameter.
• str : column vector of character strings
• file : a Scilab string specifying a file name or a logical unit number (see file)

Description

The printf function converts, formats, and writes its value parameters, under control of the format parameter, to the standard output.

The format parameter is a character string that contains two types of objects:

Literal characters : which are copied to the output stream.

Conversion specifications : each of which causes zero or more items to be fetched from the value parameter list. see printf_conversion for details

If any values remain after the entire format has been processed, they are ignored.

Examples

printf('Result is:\nalpha=%f",0.535)
 

See Also

string  print  write  format  disp  file  fprintf  sprintf