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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-10-17 10:22:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-10-17 10:22:24 (GMT) |
| commit | 842e3ff91428c72a2ce0d4df4889778af82f4b12 (patch) | |
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Improve clarity of formatting.
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diff --git a/doc/format.n b/doc/format.n index 1b5a44c..dab6b8b 100644 --- a/doc/format.n +++ b/doc/format.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: format.n,v 1.20 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: format.n,v 1.21 2008/10/17 10:22:25 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH format n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -204,8 +204,10 @@ which will then be converted to the corresponding character value. The size modifiers are ignored when formatting floating-point values. The \fBll\fR modifier has no \fBsprintf\fR counterpart. .SH EXAMPLES +.PP Convert the numeric value of a UNICODE character to the character itself: +.PP .CS set value 120 set char [\fBformat\fR %c $value] @@ -213,12 +215,14 @@ set char [\fBformat\fR %c $value] .PP Convert the output of \fBtime\fR into seconds to an accuracy of hundredths of a second: +.PP .CS set us [lindex [time $someTclCode] 0] puts [\fBformat\fR "%.2f seconds to execute" [expr {$us / 1e6}]] .CE .PP Create a packed X11 literal color specification: +.PP .CS # Each color-component should be in range (0..255) set color [\fBformat\fR "#%02x%02x%02x" $r $g $b] @@ -227,6 +231,7 @@ set color [\fBformat\fR "#%02x%02x%02x" $r $g $b] Use XPG3 format codes to allow reordering of fields (a technique that is often used in localized message catalogs; see \fBmsgcat\fR) without reordering the data values passed to \fBformat\fR: +.PP .CS set fmt1 "Today, %d shares in %s were bought at $%.2f each" puts [\fBformat\fR $fmt1 123 "Global BigCorp" 19.37] @@ -236,6 +241,7 @@ puts [\fBformat\fR $fmt2 123 "Global BigCorp" 19.37] .CE .PP Print a small table of powers of three: +.PP .CS # Set up the column widths set w1 5 |