printf extensions for output of arrays

[jacob navia]

Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
formatted with printf?

I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

Thanks

[kuyper]

jacob navia wrote:

Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
formatted with printf?

I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

Non-standard extension to C are not, in themselves, on-topic for
comp.std.c. You could bring it on-topic by suggesting that some such
extension be standardized, or by asking whether a conforming
implementation is allowed to provide such extensions, or any of a
number of other variations. As it stands, your inquiry should have been
posted only to comp.lang.c.

[Walter Roberson]

In article <11************ **********@f14g 2000cwb.googleg roups.com>,
<ku****@wizard. net> wrote:

jacob navia wrote:

Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
formatted with printf? I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

Non-standard extension to C are not, in themselves, on-topic for
comp.std.c. You could bring it on-topic by suggesting that some such
extension be standardized, or by asking whether a conforming
implementati on is allowed to provide such extensions, or any of a
number of other variations. As it stands, your inquiry should have been
posted only to comp.lang.c.

Over here in comp.lang.c we would have just said that such extensions
are not part of the C standard and so are not on topic here...

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[Kenny McCormack]

In article <11************ **********@f14g 2000cwb.googleg roups.com>,
<ku****@wizard. net> wrote:

jacob navia wrote:

Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
formatted with printf?

I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

Non-standard extension to C are not, in themselves, on-topic for
comp.std.c. You could bring it on-topic by suggesting that some such
extension be standardized, or by asking whether a conforming
implementati on is allowed to provide such extensions, or any of a
number of other variations. As it stands, your inquiry should have been
posted only to comp.lang.c.

Funny on so many levels.
You have a career in comedy, to be sure.

[kuyper]

Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <11************ **********@f14g 2000cwb.googleg roups.com>,
<ku****@wizard. net> wrote:

jacob navia wrote:

Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
formatted with printf?

I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

Non-standard extension to C are not, in themselves, on-topic for
comp.std.c. You could bring it on-topic by suggesting that some such
extension be standardized, or by asking whether a conforming
implementati on is allowed to provide such extensions, or any of a
number of other variations. As it stands, your inquiry should have been
posted only to comp.lang.c.

Funny on so many levels.
You have a career in comedy, to be sure.

If you have a point, make it. That comment was too obscure to qualify.

[Malcolm]

<ku****@wizard. net> wrote

Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
formatted with printf?

I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

Non-standard extension to C are not, in themselves, on-topic for
comp.std.c. You could bring it on-topic by suggesting that some such
extension be standardized, or by asking whether a conforming
implementation is allowed to provide such extensions, or any of a
number of other variations. As it stands, your inquiry should have been
posted only to comp.lang.c.

A question about whether it is possible to pass an array to printf() (as
some languages allow for their analgous output statements) would be topical.
However Jacob Navia knows C well enough not to need to ask this.
The question is therefore a proposal for an extension to the language, and
thus topical on comp.std.c, but not on comp.lang.c.

[Mark McIntyre]

On 6 Nov 2005 12:43:46 -0800, in comp.lang.c , ku****@wizard.n et
wrote:

Kenny McCormack wrote:

Funny on so many levels.
You have a career in comedy, to be sure.

If you have a point, make it. That comment was too obscure to qualify.

Just ignore Kenny, he's one of the resident trolls over here in CLC.

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[Keith Thompson]

"Malcolm" <re*******@btin ternet.com> writes:

<ku****@wizard. net> wrote

jacob navia wrote:

Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
formatted with printf?

I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

Non-standard extension to C are not, in themselves, on-topic for
comp.std.c. You could bring it on-topic by suggesting that some such
extension be standardized, or by asking whether a conforming
implementation is allowed to provide such extensions, or any of a
number of other variations. As it stands, your inquiry should have been
posted only to comp.lang.c.

A question about whether it is possible to pass an array to printf()
(as some languages allow for their analgous output statements) would
be topical. However Jacob Navia knows C well enough not to need to
ask this. The question is therefore a proposal for an extension to
the language, and thus topical on comp.std.c, but not on
comp.lang.c.

That's assuming that jacob was actually proposing an extension to the
language. That's the most reasonable interpretation, but he didn't
actually say so, and I'm hesitant to make any assumptions.

jacob, can you clarify your question? Are you asking about the
language as it's currently defined (topical for comp.lang.c, but the
answer is simply "no"), about non-standard extensions to the language
(off-topic), or about a proposed enhancement for the next version of
the standard (topical in comp.std.c)?

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San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
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[jacob navia]

Keith Thompson wrote:

"Malcolm" <re*******@btin ternet.com> writes:

<ku****@wizar d.net> wrote

jacob navia wrote:

Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
formatted with printf?

I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

Non-standard extension to C are not, in themselves, on-topic for
comp.std.c . You could bring it on-topic by suggesting that some such
extension be standardized, or by asking whether a conforming
implementati on is allowed to provide such extensions, or any of a
number of other variations. As it stands, your inquiry should have been
posted only to comp.lang.c.

A question about whether it is possible to pass an array to printf()
(as some languages allow for their analgous output statements) would
be topical. However Jacob Navia knows C well enough not to need to
ask this. The question is therefore a proposal for an extension to
the language, and thus topical on comp.std.c, but not on
comp.lang.c .

That's assuming that jacob was actually proposing an extension to the
language. That's the most reasonable interpretation, but he didn't
actually say so, and I'm hesitant to make any assumptions.

jacob, can you clarify your question? Are you asking about the
language as it's currently defined (topical for comp.lang.c, but the
answer is simply "no"), about non-standard extensions to the language
(off-topic), or about a proposed enhancement for the next version of
the standard (topical in comp.std.c)?

As I said in comp.lang.c, I have a customer that wants that stuff.
I supposed that it is a common extension to printf and I just wanted
to know if other compilers have done this to be compatible with
them.

I will probably do as gcc, that implements a printf register
functionality :
http://docs.biostat.wustl.edu/cgi-bi...on%2520Example

but it is not specific to arrays, what could be better, I do not know.

It *could* be a useful extension to the printf function probably, but I
do not want to add yet another sin to my already long list of extensions
requests :-)

[Keith Thompson]

jacob navia <ja***@jacob.re mcomp.fr> writes:

Keith Thompson wrote:

[...]

<ku****@wiza rd.net> wrote
jacob navia wrote:
>Has anyone here any information about how arrays can be
>formatte d with printf?
>
>I mean something besides the usual formatting of each element
>in a loop. I remember that Trio printf had some extensions but
>I do not recall exactly if they were meant for arrays.

[snip] That's assuming that jacob was actually proposing an extension to the
language. That's the most reasonable interpretation, but he didn't
actually say so, and I'm hesitant to make any assumptions.
jacob, can you clarify your question? Are you asking about the
language as it's currently defined (topical for comp.lang.c, but the
answer is simply "no"), about non-standard extensions to the language
(off-topic), or about a proposed enhancement for the next version of
the standard (topical in comp.std.c)?

As I said in comp.lang.c, I have a customer that wants that stuff.
I supposed that it is a common extension to printf and I just wanted
to know if other compilers have done this to be compatible with
them.

I will probably do as gcc, that implements a printf register
functionality :
http://docs.biostat.wustl.edu/cgi-bi...on%2520Example

but it is not specific to arrays, what could be better, I do not know.

It *could* be a useful extension to the printf function probably, but I
do not want to add yet another sin to my already long list of extensions
requests :-)

Ok, that's much clearer.

Topicality in this case is a tricky question. The C standard
specifically allows extensions, so extensions aren't *inherently*
off-topic. I suppose I'd argue that a general question about what
extensions are out there is topical (more in comp.lang.c than in
comp.std.c), but detailed discussions of a particular implementation
should be taken to a system-specific newsgroup.

That's just my opinion; others are likely to differ.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.