[SOLVED] printf() equivalent

[fatmonk]

This is a simple one...

Is there a printf() in Lazarus/fpc? If so, where can I find it?

If not, is there an equivalent or am I looking at a world of pain to implement something similar?

I'm looking for something that can be used as a resource string for translations which allows the order of the words around a variable to be changed.. with printf I would simply use:

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subject:='cat';
translationString:='The %s sat on the mat.';
printf(translationString,subject);
translationString:='On the mat, the %s sat.';
printf(translationString,subject);


-FM

[howardpc]

Perhaps you're looking for Write/Writeln and Format.
See http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/format.html and http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/writeln.html

[Leledumbo]

http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/format.html

[fatmonk]

format() is exactly what I was after - and more powerful than printf()/sprintf() as well by the look of things (ie specifying which variable for each placeholder).

Brilliant, thanks both.

-FM