From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Format with %-*
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:07:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <-t_b-eMlmOCn1_vFdAmz9waZjs7MjLMZYRZVXJA3NXssGUg92uCVXGpvbYwFJWOfrwcigbCc6tP3SxPlpPuebgW_SdhWSAQguDd6lSXj_Oc=@protonmail.com> (raw)
Why do I get "error: Invalid format operation %*" and how can I fix it ?
(defun insert-labels-in-columns (monbf col1-labels col2-labels col3-labels)
"Insert three lists of labels into BUFFER-NAME in three columns."
(with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create monbf)
(erase-buffer) ; Clear the buffer before inserting new labels
(let ((max-rows (max (length col1-labels)
(length col2-labels)
(length col3-labels)))
(col-width 20)) ; Width of each column
(dotimes (i max-rows)
(insert (format "%-*s" col-width (or (nth i col1-labels) "")))
(insert (format "%-*s" col-width (or (nth i col2-labels) "")))
(insert (or (nth i col3-labels) ""))
(insert "\n"))))
(pop-to-buffer monbf))
next reply other threads:[~2024-07-08 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-08 16:07 Heime [this message]
2024-07-08 17:47 ` Format with %-* Bruno Barbier
2024-07-08 19:53 ` Heime
2024-07-09 8:07 ` Bruno Barbier
2024-07-09 8:59 ` Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-07-09 13:39 ` Emanuel Berg
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