fprint syntax for repeating fields

Is there a repetition syntax for field formats in fprint?
I would like to compress repeating format fields so my format string doesn't
get so long and confusing....

example can:

printf "%10.3f%10.3f%10.3f\n", $1,$2,$3

be compressed into 3 fields in the same manner a fortran 3f10.3 ?

Rex

In article <-ZSdnTjyNZoECP3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"trexx" <foo@foo.com> writes:

No.

function rep(n,s ,r)
{
r = ""
while( n-- > 0 ) r = r s
return r
}

printf( rep(3,"%10.3f") "\n", $1,$2,$3 )
--
Heiner Marxen http://www.drb.insel.de/~heiner/

Alternatively, if s does not contain a space:

function rep(n, s , r)
{
r = sprintf("%*s", n, " ")
gsub(/ /, s, r)
return r
}

r = sprintf("%*s", n, "")

Spaces don't matter. gsub() does the right thing.

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1 11th September 03:23 trexx External User Posts: 1	fprint syntax for repeating fields Is there a repetition syntax for field formats in fprint? I would like to compress repeating format fields so my format string doesn't get so long and confusing.... example can: printf "%10.3f%10.3f%10.3f\n", $1,$2,$3 be compressed into 3 fields in the same manner a fortran 3f10.3 ? Rex

2 11th September 03:23 heiner External User Posts: 1	fprint syntax for repeating fields In article <-ZSdnTjyNZoECP3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com>, "trexx" <foo@foo.com> writes: No. function rep(n,s ,r) { r = "" while( n-- > 0 ) r = r s return r } printf( rep(3,"%10.3f") "\n", $1,$2,$3 ) -- Heiner Marxen http://www.drb.insel.de/~heiner/

3 11th September 03:23 martin cohen External User Posts: 1	fprint syntax for repeating fields Alternatively, if s does not contain a space: function rep(n, s , r) { r = sprintf("%*s", n, " ") gsub(/ /, s, r) return r }

4 11th September 03:23 gazelle External User Posts: 1	rep() function (Was: fprint syntax for repeating fields) r = sprintf("%*s", n, "") Spaces don't matter. gsub() does the right thing.