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Re: C like printf() [message #17072 is a reply to message #16978]

Fri, 03 September 1999 00:00

Liam Gumley
Messages: 473
Registered: November 1994

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Jeremy Kepner wrote:
> Has anybody implemented a C like printf() function?
> I would like to be able to something like:
>
> x = 1.0
> y = 2.0
>
> printf("%f + %f = %f,x,y,x+y);

Would the following work for you?

IDL> x = 1.0
IDL> y = 2.0
IDL> print, x, y, x + y, format='(f, " + ", f, " = ", f)'
1.0000000 + 2.0000000 = 3.0000000
IDL> print, x, y, x + y, format='(f4.1, " + ", f4.1, " = ", f4.1)'
1.0 + 2.0 = 3.0

Cheers,
Liam.

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Liam E. Gumley
Space Science and Engineering Center, UW-Madison
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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