On Tuesday 02 Sep 2003 2:39 pm, Brian Candler wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:08:19PM +0900, mark wrote:
> > While testing the Log4r module I've discovered that the sprintf function
> > has changed in 1.8.
>
> ...
>
> > [mark@laptop log4r-1.0.2]$ ruby -v test.rb
> > ruby 1.8.0 (2003-08-04) [i686-linux]
> > test.rb:3:in `sprintf': unnumbered(1) mixed with numbered (ArgumentError)
> >         from test.rb:3
> >
> > Does anyone know the correct way to call sprintf under 1.8? I've looked
> > at the ruby-lang site to see if this change is mentioned but that just
> > lists the new &p modifier.
>
> It was discussed on this list a few days ago. See http://ruby-talk.org/
>
> (Note: the search engine is deceptive. Ignore the message about the archive
> containing 0 documents / 0 documents matched your search, and just scroll
> down to the results)
>

Oops, I guess that I missed that discussion.
Thanks for the pointer, I'll remember to check the archives next time.
 
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2003 2:39 pm, ts wrote:
> >>>>> "m" == mark  <msparshatt / yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>
> m> puts sprintf("%*3$s %s", "abcd", "abcd", 10)
>
>  Well, it want
>
> svg% ruby -we 'puts sprintf("%*3$1$s %2$s\n", "abcd", "abcd", 10)'
>       abcd abcd
> svg%
>
>
>
> Guy Decoux

Thanks, that's the answer.

Best regards

Mark Sparshatt