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.TH printf 1 "May 1994" "Scilab Group" "Scilab Function"
.so ../sci.an
.SH NAME
printf - Emulator of C language printf function
.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
.nf
printf(format,value_1,..,value_n)
.fi
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP 10
format
: a Scilab string. Specifies a character string combining literal characters with conversion
specifications.
.TP
value_i
: Specifies the data to be converted according to the format parameter.
.TP
str
: column vector of character strings
.TP
file
: a Scilab string specifying a file name or a logical unit number (see \fVfile\fR)
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fVprintf\fR function converts, formats, and writes its
\fVvalue\fR parameters, under control of the \fVformat\fR parameter,
to the standard output.
.PP
The \fVformat\fR parameter is a character string that contains two
types of objects:
.TP 10
Literal characters
: which are copied to the output stream.
.TP
Conversion specifications
: each of which causes zero or more items
to be fetched from the \fVvalue\fR parameter list. see
\fVprintf_conversion\fR for details
.PP
If any \fVvalue\fRs remain after the entire \fVformat\fR has been
processed, they are ignored.
.SH EXAMPLES
.nf
printf('Result is:\\nalpha=%f",0.535)
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
string, print, write, format, disp, file, fprintf, sprintf
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