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Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
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@@ -39351,7 +39351,7 @@ the .code /dev/null device on Unix, but does not involve the operating system. -.coNP Special variable @ *print-flo-format* +.coNP Special variables @ *print-flo-format* and @ *pprint-flo-format* .desc The .code *print-flo-format* @@ -39359,23 +39359,37 @@ variable determines the conversion format which is applied when a floating-point value is converted to decimal text by the functions .codn print , -.codn pprint , .codn prinl , +and +.codn tostring . + +The default value is +.codn "~s" . + +The related variable +.code *pprint-flo-format* +similarly determines the conversion format applied to floating-point +values by the functions +.codn pprint , .codn pprinl , -.code tostring and .codn tostringp . The default value is -.codn "~s" . +.codn "~a" . -The format string must specify the consumption of exactly one argument. +The format string in either variable must specify the consumption of +exactly one +.code format +argument. The conversion string may use embedded width and precision values: for instance, .code "~3,4f" is a valid value for -.codn *print-flo-format* . +.code *print-flo-format* +or +.codn *pprint-flo-format* . .coNP Special variable @ *print-flo-precision* .desc @@ -40011,7 +40025,18 @@ the equivalence is produced by using in format rather than .codn ~s . -Note: for characters, the print function behaves as follows: most control +.TP* Notes: +For floating-point numbers, the above description of the behavior in +terms of the format specifiers +.code ~s +and +.code ~a +only applies with respect to the default values of the variables +.code *print-flo-format* +and +.codn *pprint-flo-format* . + +For characters, the print function behaves as follows: most control characters in the Unicode .code C0 and |