Printf Function

Action

Prints a formatted expression to the results file.

Syntax

Printf (sFormat, aArgs, ...)

Variable	Description
`sFormat`	The format to use. STRING.
`aArgs`	Any number of arguments to print. ANYTYPE.

Notes

Printf prints a formatted value to the results file.
The format string you specify describes the format of each argument, in order. The format string can include any Ansi C printf format specifiers, including:
- %s (if the argument that follows is a string)
- %d (if the argument that follows is an integer)
- %o (if the argument that follows is an integer you want formatted in octal format)
- %x (if the argument that follows is an integer you want formatted in hexadecimal format)
- %f (if the argument that follows is a real number)
- You can precede any of these format characters with an integer to specify the width to use in the output. Use an asterisk (*) to determine the width from an argument in the list, for example:
```
Printf("%*s", 5, "abc")
// Prints __abc (the underscores represent spaces)
```
By default, the output is right-justified. A negative width causes left-justification.
For real numbers, you can also specify a second number, which is the precision of the output, in the form width.precision. You can use an asterisk as the precision to read the precision from the argument list.
Printf does not automatically supply a new-line character at the end of the line, as Print does. To output a carriage return at the end of the line, use the text "\n" in the format string. To output a backslash (\), enter two backslashes in the format string, as in the following:
```
Printf ("%s\\%s", sMyString, sMyString)
// Prints abc\abc
```
Similarly, to output a percent sign (%), specify two percent signs in the format string.

Example

[-] testcase PrintfExample ()
	[ ] STRING sMyString = "abc"
	[ ] INTEGER iMyInt = 123 
	[ ] NUMBER nMyReal = 45.7 
	[ ] Printf ("%s", sMyString) // prints abc 
	[ ] Printf ("%4d", iMyInt) // prints 123
	[ ] Printf ("%4.2f", nMyReal) // prints 45.70
	[ ] Printf ("%s%d", sMyString, iMyInt) // prints abc123 
	[ ] Printf ("%-4s%d", sMyString, iMyInt) // prints abc 123