note 124412 added to function.sprintf

The old "monkey" example which helped me a lot has sadly disappeared. I'll Re-post it in comment as a memory. <?php $n = 43951789; $u = -43951789; $c = 65; // ASCII 65 is 'A' // notice the double %%, this prints a literal '%' character printf("%%b = '%b'\n", $n); // binary representation printf("%%c = '%c'\n", $c); // print the ascii character, same as chr() function printf("%%d = '%d'\n", $n); // standard integer representation printf("%%e = '%e'\n", $n); // scientific notation printf("%%u = '%u'\n", $n); // unsigned integer representation of a positive integer printf("%%u = '%u'\n", $u); // unsigned integer representation of a negative integer printf("%%f = '%f'\n", $n); // floating point representation printf("%%o = '%o'\n", $n); // octal representation printf("%%s = '%s'\n", $n); // string representation printf("%%x = '%x'\n", $n); // hexadecimal representation (lower-case) printf("%%X = '%X'\n", $n); // hexadecimal representation (upper-case) printf("%%+d = '%+d'\n", $n); // sign specifier on a positive integer printf("%%+d = '%+d'\n", $u); // sign specifier on a negative integer /* %b = '10100111101010011010101101' %c = 'A' %d = '43951789' %e = '4.395179e+7' %u = '43951789' %u = '18446744073665599827' %f = '43951789.000000' %o = '247523255' %s = '43951789' %x = '29ea6ad' %X = '29EA6AD' %+d = '+43951789' %+d = '-43951789' */ $s = 'monkey'; $t = 'many monkeys'; printf("[%s]\n", $s); // standard string output printf("[%10s]\n", $s); // right-justification with spaces printf("[%-10s]\n", $s); // left-justification with spaces printf("[%010s]\n", $s); // zero-padding works on strings too printf("[%'#10s]\n", $s); // use the custom padding character '#' printf("[%10.10s]\n", $t); // left-justification but with a cutoff of 10 characters /* [monkey] [ monkey] [monkey ] [0000monkey] [####monkey] [many monke] */ ?> ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 185.85.3.168 (proxied: 39.83.129.242) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/124412 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124412/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124412/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124412/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124412/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124412/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124412/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124412 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/124412 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php