Re: printf() in a variable, or alternative to printf()
| From: | graeme | Date: | Fri, 27 May 2005 06:54:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: printf() in a variable, or alternative to printf() | ||
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Are you looking for the sprintf() function?
graeme
mayo wrote:
I need to be able to format data. Printf() is perfect because I need a certain amount of characters (30 for address). However I need this formatted data to be inside a file that's fwrite() and then FTPed to a distributor who will parse it and input into their database. printf("% 4d",$orderID[0]); does not work in $thisContent=" "data" . "moredate" . "evenmoredata" . "; In effect I need the output of printf() to be placed inside a variable and I don't see how to do that. Str_pad(), of course, does not work. Thx for any hints. mayo-- Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. Minna Antrim