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printf
Emulator of C language printf function
Calling Sequence
printf(format,value_1,..,value_n)
Arguments
- format
- a Scilab string. Specifies a character string combining literal characters with conversion specifications. 
- value_i
- Specifies the data to be converted according to the format parameter. 
Description
The printf function converts, formats, and writes its
    value parameters, under control of the format parameter,
    to the standard output.
The format parameter is a character string that contains two
    types of objects:
- Literal characters
- which are copied to the output stream. 
- Conversion specifications
- each of which causes zero or more items to be fetched from the - valueparameter list. see printf_conversion for details
If any values remain after the entire format has been
    processed, they are ignored.
Examples
printf('Result is:\nalpha=%f',0.535)
See Also
- string — conversion to string
- print — prints variables in a file
- write — write in a formatted file
- format — number printing and display format
- disp — displays variables
- file — file management
- fprintf — Emulator of C language fprintf function
- sprintf — Emulator of C language sprintf function
- printf_conversion — printf, sprintf, fprintf conversion specifications
| Output functions | printf_conversion >> |