note 71054 added to function.sprintf

In response to Anonymous, who claimed that: printf("[%s]\n", str_pad('Hello', 20)); and printf("[%-20s]\n", 'Hello'); are the same thing: you've missed the point. They're only the same when the amount of padding is a known constant. When its a variable (or an expression), its often much more convenient to be able to write: printf("[%-*s]\n", 3*$n+2, "Hello"); than what you have to go through now, which is either: $t = 3*$n+2; printf("[%-{$t}s]\n","Hello"); or printf("[%s]\n", str_pad('Hello', 3*$n+2)); ---- Server IP: 216.235.15.211 Probable Submitter: 216.138.194.169 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71054 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71054/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71054/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71054/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71054/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71054/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71054/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71054 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71054 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php