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Re: Using a wid for formatting.

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In article <8b21be3c-8bbe-4b89-a3ef-56322b9f37e6@j25g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
Pablo Hugo Reda  <pabloreda@gmail.com> wrote:
>Albert:
>
>I implement format string, I do things like
>
>dup "tos=%d" print cr
>
>or
>
>"hi" 3.4 "value=%f str=%s" mprint | to memory
>
>one problem I have with this is when need a double print (format
>string)
>
>23 "hvalue=%h" mprint "result=%s" print

>
>when deal with database is usual and only I fix in the first parameter
>mprint work in the first free memory and discart later and I check if
>the first parameter is the memory work and then I use other address.
>
>how you deal with this situation??

A
avoid

B
23 "hvalue=%h" mprint PAD $!
PAD $@ "result=%s" print

C
Beyond that, you will need the ALLOCATE wordset.

Groetjes Albert

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Using a wid for formatting. Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-06-20 12:43 +0000
  Re: Using a wid for formatting. JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-20 15:38 -0700
  Re: Using a wid for formatting. Pablo Hugo Reda <pabloreda@gmail.com> - 2012-06-20 16:03 -0700
    Re: Using a wid for formatting. Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-06-21 08:45 +0000
      Re: Using a wid for formatting. Pablo Hugo Reda <pabloreda@gmail.com> - 2012-06-21 05:56 -0700
  Re: Using a wid for formatting. Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2012-06-22 19:09 -0700

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