(* FormatStrings.def provides a pseudo printf capability.

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Contributed by Gaius Mulley <gaius.mulley@southwales.ac.uk>.

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DEFINITION MODULE FormatStrings ;

FROM SYSTEM IMPORT BYTE ;
FROM DynamicStrings IMPORT String ;
EXPORT QUALIFIED Sprintf0, Sprintf1, Sprintf2, Sprintf3, Sprintf4,
                 HandleEscape ;


(*
   Sprintf0 - returns a String containing, fmt, after it has had its
              escape sequences translated.
*)

PROCEDURE Sprintf0 (fmt: String) : String ;


(*
   Sprintf1 - returns a String containing, fmt, together with
              encapsulated entity, w. It only formats the
              first %s or %d with n.
*)

PROCEDURE Sprintf1 (fmt: String; w: ARRAY OF BYTE) : String ;


(*
   Sprintf2 - returns a string, fmt, which has been formatted.
*)

PROCEDURE Sprintf2 (fmt: String; w1, w2: ARRAY OF BYTE) : String ;


(*
   Sprintf3 - returns a string, fmt, which has been formatted.
*)

PROCEDURE Sprintf3 (fmt: String; w1, w2, w3: ARRAY OF BYTE) : String ;


(*
   Sprintf4 - returns a string, fmt, which has been formatted.
*)

PROCEDURE Sprintf4 (fmt: String;
                    w1, w2, w3, w4: ARRAY OF BYTE) : String ;


(*
   HandleEscape - translates \a, \b, \e, \f, \n, \r, \x[hex] \[octal]
                  into their respective ascii codes.  It also converts
                  \[any] into a single [any] character.
*)

PROCEDURE HandleEscape (s: String) : String ;


END FormatStrings.