From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: "Whitlock\, Bradley D" <bradley.d.whitlock@lmco.com>
Cc: "guile-user@gnu.org" <guile-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Can format procedure output unquoted strings?
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:38:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oc4b6nw6.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D6D90A401251394A86F1F98B1E2B6842169948282B@HVXMSP8.us.lmco.com> (Bradley D. Whitlock's message of "Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:44:52 -0400")
"Whitlock, Bradley D" <bradley.d.whitlock@lmco.com> writes:
> I am trying to get the format procedure to behave like the display
> procedure where it will not surround output to stdout with quotes
Use "~A" in the format string, which formats the corresponding argument
like `display', whereas "~S" formats like `write'. For example:
(format #t "The value is ~A~%" "test") outputs: The value is test
(format #t "The value is ~S~%" "test") outputs: The value is "test"
Mark
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-12 23:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-12 15:44 Can format procedure output unquoted strings? Whitlock, Bradley D
2011-04-12 20:18 ` Andy Wingo
2011-04-12 20:58 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-04-12 23:38 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
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