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sprintf

Function sprintf - Storage print -return a string as if printed

Calling Sequence sprintf(p,a1..ak)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description

`p`	pattern (same format as for printf)
`ai`	arguments to be formatted according to p

Return Type string

Synopsis This function behaves similar to C's sprintf function.

Examples

> i:=5;

i := 5

> j:=6;

j := 6

> sprintf('i and j are: %d %d', i, j);

i and j are: 5 6

See also printf (for a complete list of all conversion codes), sscanf