2.3 The FORMAT module
format
Function
Summary
Outputs a control string to a stream.
Signature
format stream control-string arguments => ()
Arguments
- stream
- An instance of
<stream>. The stream to which formatted output should be sent. - control-string
- An instance of
<string>. A string containing format directives. - arguments
- Instances of
<object>.
Values
None.
Library
io
Module
format
Description
Sends output to stream according to the format directives in control-string. Each directive consumes one argument from arguments. See Section 2.2 on page 1 for a description of the control strings that can be used.
The control-string contents that are not part of any directive are output directly to stream, as if by the Streams module's write function.