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Diffstat (limited to 'stdlib')
| -rw-r--r-- | stdlib/printf.mli | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | stdlib/scanf.mli | 12 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/stdlib/printf.mli b/stdlib/printf.mli index 739a474d2..a4d0ba989 100644 --- a/stdlib/printf.mli +++ b/stdlib/printf.mli @@ -66,12 +66,9 @@ val fprintf : out_channel -> ('a, out_channel, unit) format -> 'a - [t]: same as [%a], but takes only one argument (with type [out_channel -> unit]) and apply it to [outchan]. - [\{ fmt %\}]: convert a format string argument to its minimal - specification. The argument must match the internal format string - specification [fmt] that enumerates the conversion specification - sequence that defines the format type of the argument. - - [\( fmt %\)]: printing format insertion. This convertion takes a - format string argument and substitutes it to the specification - [fmt] to print the following arguments. + specification. The argument must have the same type as [fmt]. + - [\( fmt %\)]: printing format substitution. Use a format string + argument to replace [fmt]. The argument must have the same type as [fmt]. - [!]: take no argument and flush the output. - [%]: take no argument and output one [%] character. diff --git a/stdlib/scanf.mli b/stdlib/scanf.mli index 7a2c65a2b..8f7d89cf2 100644 --- a/stdlib/scanf.mli +++ b/stdlib/scanf.mli @@ -150,17 +150,15 @@ val bscanf : first character of the range (or just after the [^] in case of range negation); hence [\[\]\]] matches a [\]] character and [\[^\]\]] matches any character that is not [\]]. - - [\{ fmt %\}]: reads a format string that must have the same - type as the format string [fmt]. - The argument is read according to the lexical conventions for - format strings described here. + - [\{ fmt %\}]: reads a format string argument to the format + specified by the internal format [fmt]. The format string to be + read must have the same type as the internal format [fmt]. For instance, "%\{%i%\}" reads any format string that can read a value of type [int]; hence [Scanf.sscanf "fmt:\\\"number is %u\\\"" "fmt:%\{%i%\}"] succeeds and returns the format string ["number is %u"]. - [\( fmt %\)]: scanning format substitution. - This conversion specifies a format string that should be read in the - input to replace [fmt]. The format string read must have the same - type as [fmt]. + Reads a format string to replace [fmt]. The format string read + must have the same type as [fmt]. - [l]: applies [f] to the number of lines read so far. - [n]: applies [f] to the number of characters read so far. - [N] or [L]: applies [f] to the number of tokens read so far. |