Name

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 , printf_conversion