printf / sprintf function usage

[Dave]

Hi,

In awk I can do this:

var1="x";
temp = sprintf("Variable 1: %s Variable 2: %%s", var1);
# now the value of temp is "Variable 1: x Variable 2: %s"

var2="y";
printf(temp,var2);

The above will output: "Variable 1: x Variable 2: y"

Can I do a similar operation with printf/sprintf in PHP?

Thanks

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Dave wrote:

Can I do a similar operation with printf/sprintf in PHP?

Yes.

RTFM on sprintf and printf: http://php.net/printf ; http://php.net/sprintf

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[Dave]

"Iván Sánchez Ortega" <[e-mail]>
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Dave wrote:

>Can I do a similar operation with printf/sprintf in PHP?

Yes.

RTFM on sprintf and printf: http://php.net/printf ; http://php.net/sprintf

I did, read the manual before posting. There is nothing mentioning the usage
I have described in my original post. Note question was, whether I could use
%%s in the first instance of sprintf and than use the resulting %s literal
as a placeholder to the second printf.

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Dave wrote:

Note question was, whether I could use %%s in the first instance of
sprintf and than use the resulting %s literal as a placeholder to the
second printf.

Yes.

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Dave wrote:

"Iván Sánchez Ortega" <[e-mail]>
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>Dave wrote:

>>Can I do a similar operation with printf/sprintf in PHP?

Yes.

RTFM on sprintf and printf: http://php.net/printf ; http://php.net/sprintf

I did, read the manual before posting. There is nothing mentioning the usage
I have described in my original post. Note question was, whether I could use
%%s in the first instance of sprintf and than use the resulting %s literal
as a placeholder to the second printf.

Dave,

No, it didn't say that in so many words - but the rules sprintf() and
printf() follow are in there.

And yes, it works just fine. Did you try it?

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Dave wrote:

>"Iván Sánchez Ortega" <[e-mail]>
wrote in message news:fk**********@hercules.cohp1...

>>Dave wrote:

Can I do a similar operation with printf/sprintf in PHP?
Yes.

RTFM on sprintf and printf: http://php.net/printf ;
http://php.net/sprintf

I did, read the manual before posting. There is nothing mentioning the
usage I have described in my original post. Note question was, whether I
could use %%s in the first instance of sprintf and than use the resulting
%s literal as a placeholder to the second printf.

Dave,

No, it didn't say that in so many words - but the rules sprintf() and
printf() follow are in there.

And yes, it works just fine. Did you try it?

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Jerry,

Yes, I tried the concept. For some reason it did not work in the real code I
was using, but the awk example I provided in my original post worked when I
rewrote for PHP. So I now know it's working. Thanks:
<?php
/*
# awk example
var1="x";
temp = sprintf("Variable 1: %s Variable 2: %%s", var1);
var2="y";
printf(temp,var2);
# In awk the above will output: "Variable 1: x Variable 2: y"
*/
$var1="x";
$temp = sprintf("Variable 1: %s Variable 2: %%s", $var1);
$var2="y";
printf($temp,$var2);
// In PHP the above will output: "Variable 1: x Variable 2: y"
?>