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From: mincy@think.com (Jeffrey Mincy)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: ~V directive in format statments
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.195310.11894@Think.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 91 19:53:10 GMT
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In article <TESKRIDG.91Feb11120557@illyria.nmsu.edu> teskridg@nmsu.edu (Tom Eskridge) writes:

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

there is no ~V, however, V may be used as a prefix parameter.

p386 CLtL:
the V prefix parameter takes an argument from arguments as a parameter to
the directive.  ... This feature allows variable-width fields and the like.

If you were so disposed, you could use ~V,V,V,VA
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-- jeff
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