format

format sets the output format for the print command.

bool = format()

bool = format(ssFormat)

bool = format(rsSplitWidth)

bool = format(rsFieldWidth, rsPrecision)

Return Value

bool is TRUE (1) if the function was successful and FALSE (0) if an error occurs.

Parameters

ssFormat

ssFormat can be one of the following strings:

Value	Meaning
“e”	(see example)
“E”	(see example)
“g”	(see example)
“f”	(Defaultwert)
“+”	(see example)
“-“	(see example)

rsSplitWidth

rsSplitWidth (default is -1)

rsFieldWidth

rsFieldWidth (see example)

rsPrecision

rsPrecision (default is 10, 4)

Comment

If format is call without a parameter, all settings will be set to default.

Example

* a = rand(1,10)
* a
    0.0370     0.2906     0.0861     0.7476     0.3594     0.2081
0.0798     0.1479     0.7082     0.3954
* format(60)
    1.0000
* a
 Spalten 1 bis 5
    0.0370     0.2906     0.0861     0.7476     0.3594

 Spalten 6 bis 10
    0.2081     0.0798     0.1479     0.7082     0.3954

* format("+")
+
* a
++++++++++
* a[4] = 0
* a
+++ ++++++
* format("-")
+
* a
+++-++++++
* format("e")
1.0000e+000
* a
 Spalten 1 bis 5
3.7013e-002 2.9060e-001 8.6077e-002 0.0000e+000 3.5945e-001

 Spalten 6 bis 10
2.0813e-001 7.9766e-002 1.4793e-001 7.0816e-001 3.9545e-001

* format("g")
     1
* a
 Spalten 1 bis 5
   0.03701     0.2906    0.08608          0     0.3594

 Spalten 6 bis 10
    0.2081    0.07977     0.1479     0.7082     0.3954

* format("f")
    1
* format(5, 1)
  1.0
* a
 Spalten 1 bis 10
  0.0   0.3   0.1   0.0   0.4   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.7   0.4

* format()
    1.0000

See also

Overview Programming, print

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