CTextView:Printf

CTextView:Printf

The Printf method writes formatted text to the text window wrapped by this CTextView object. This method provides functionality like the printf function in the C language. The Printf and Wprintf functions are global relatives of this method.

Syntax

bResult = CTextView:Printf( sFmt, ... )

sFmt is a format string.
... refers to an optional list of arguments (see Remarks).
On success, this method returns true.
On failure, this method returns false.

Remarks

The Printf method takes 1 or more arguments. The first argument is a string that may be either the value to print or a format to be used for interpreting any additional arguments. Additional arguments provide values for the % fields embedded in the format string. The syntax of this function is compatible with the printf in the C or C++ language.

Example

The script fragment below creates a new CTextView and writes formatted text to it:

T = CTextView:new("My window")	-- create a new CTextView V
s = "My string" ; n = 12.553	-- string and number to print
T:Printf("'%s': v=%-12lg\n", s, n/2.1 ))	-- do a formatted print to T
...	-- other script commands...
T:delete()	-- delete T when no longer needed.