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From: teskridg@nmsu.edu (Tom Eskridge)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: ~V directive in format statments
Message-ID: <TESKRIDG.91Feb11120557@illyria.nmsu.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 91 19:05:57 GMT
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I came across a piece of code which uses the ~V directive to pass an
arguement to the ~T (tab) directive in a format statement.  So
   (format nil "~VThello" 3) => "   hello"

it also seems to work with other ~ directives too, such as ~A. So,
  (format nil "~VA" 10 'hello) => "hello     "

the ~V is not documented in either CLtL I or II.  Does anyone have any info on
this? 


tom eskridge
computing research laboratory, new mexico state university
teskridg@nmsu.edu (505) 646-6247
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tom eskridge
computing research laboratory, new mexico state university
teskridg@nmsu.edu (505) 646-6247