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SYNOPSIS
<fmt format [arg ...]>
or
<strfmt format [arg ...]>
DESCRIPTION
The fmt function allows flexible control over how variables
are printed. It behaves much like the standard C function
printf(), with additional formats for URL escapement, query
markup, date/time printing, etc. The function strfmt is the
string version - its output becomes the value of $ret instead
of being printed out.
The format argument controls the output. Each format code in
it - a % followed by one or more letters - indicates how to
print the next remaining argument. Any escape sequences - a
backslash (\) followed by a letter - indicate non-text
characters to print. Any other letters in the format
string are printed as-is.
DIAGNOSTICS
fmt returns nothing. strfmt returns the formatted
output as a string in $ret.
CAVEATS
The fmt function was added Sep. 20 1996. strfmt was
added Jan. 30 1997.
Only the first value of multi-value arguments is currently used.
Giving too many or too few arguments for the format will result in an
error message to that effect.
Copyright © Thunderstone Software Last updated: Mon Feb 18 10:28:15 EST 2013
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