sprintf

Writes data to a string.

Syntax

• sprintf(format, v1, ... , vn)

Input argument

• format - a string describing the format to used_function.

• v1, ... , vn - data to convert and print according to the previous format parameter.

Description

Write data in text form to a string.

The format follows C fprintf syntax.

Value type	format	comment
Integer	%i	base 10
Integer signed	%d	base 10
Integer unsigned	%u	base 10
Integer	%o	Octal (base 8)
Integer	%x	Hexadecimal (lowercase)
Integer	%X	Hexadecimal (uppercase)
Floating-point number	%f	Fixed-point notation
Floating-point number	%e	Exponential notation (lowercase)
Floating-point number	%E	Exponential notation (uppercase)
Floating-point number	%g	Exponential notation (compact format, lowercase)
Floating-point number	%G	Exponential notation (compact format, uppercase)
Character	%c	Single character
String	%s	Character vector.

To display a percent sign, you need to use a double percent sign (%%) in the format string.

Examples

sprintf('an example of %s.', 'text')

sprintf("an example of %s.", "text")

sprintf('an value %g.', pi)

Display a percent sign

sprintf('%d%%.', 95)

See also

fprintf.

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET