[jdom-interest] [Off topic] Java equivalent to C printf()

[Kenworthy, Edward]

The short answer is, you're doing it wrong. The longer answer is to use
StringBuffer and a loop.

For functionality far superior to printf have a look at MessageFormat in the
java.text package.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Sinnamon [mailto:sinnamon at usq.edu.au]
Sent: 09 April 2001 22:23
To: jdom-interest at jdom.org
Subject: [jdom-interest] [Off topic] Java equivalent to C printf()


My apologies for this 'off topic' question, but I don't know a suitable list
to post
the question to.
I am hopeful that someone out there might know the answer.

Essentially I am interested to know, how in Java, one accomplishes the same
sort of
string formatting
that is accomplished by the C printf() and sprintf() functions.  I have
trawled through
so many
books on Java and Java reference books, but the information does not seem to
be there.

As I am unable to find this information, my string formatting code is
extremely ugly
and verbose,
and the output still looks ghastly.

TIA

James


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James Sinnamon  sinnamon at usq.edu.au

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PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350



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