diff options
author | matz <matz@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2006-07-28 01:23:55 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | matz <matz@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2006-07-28 01:23:55 +0000 |
commit | ae832cfa6636bd9f17fa8ed36eb602dfd646ffdb (patch) | |
tree | 69f8dd1e0b97836e3d9d0b22bba1288237a23c41 /sprintf.c | |
parent | 9121d687c5ec1322ce65543d377e4a025ba91908 (diff) | |
download | ruby-ae832cfa6636bd9f17fa8ed36eb602dfd646ffdb.tar.gz |
* sprintf.c (rb_f_sprintf): documentation update patch from Jacob
Fugal <lukfugl at gmail.com>. [ruby-core:08418]
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@10632 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
Diffstat (limited to 'sprintf.c')
-rw-r--r-- | sprintf.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -216,7 +216,12 @@ sign_bits(int base, const char *p) * s | Argument is a string to be substituted. If the format * | sequence contains a precision, at most that many characters * | will be copied. - * u | Treat argument as an unsigned decimal number. + * u | Treat argument as an unsigned decimal number. Negative integers + * | are displayed as a 32 bit two's complement plus one for the + * | underlying architecture; that is, 2 ** 32 + n. However, since + * | Ruby has no inherent limit on bits used to represent the + * | integer, this value is preceded by two dots (..) in order to + * | indicate a infinite number of leading sign bits. * X | Convert argument as a hexadecimal number using uppercase * | letters. Negative numbers will be displayed with two * | leading periods (representing an infinite string of @@ -233,6 +238,7 @@ sign_bits(int base, const char *p) * sprintf("%1$*2$s %2$d %1$s", "hello", 8) #=> " hello 8 hello" * sprintf("%1$*2$s %2$d", "hello", -8) #=> "hello -8" * sprintf("%+g:% g:%-g", 1.23, 1.23, 1.23) #=> "+1.23: 1.23:1.23" + * sprintf("%u", -123) #=> "..4294967173" */ VALUE |