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Format.printf ViewHelper `<f:format.printf>`

A ViewHelper for formatting values with printf. Either supply an array for the arguments or a single value.

See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php

Examples

Scientific notation

<f:format.printf arguments="{number: 362525200}">%.3e</f:format.printf>

Output:

3.625e+8

Argument swapping

<f:format.printf arguments="{0: 3, 1: 'Kasper'}">%2$s is great, TYPO%1$d too. Yes, TYPO%1$d is great and so is %2$s!</f:format.printf>

Output:

Kasper is great, TYPO3 too. Yes, TYPO3 is great and so is Kasper!

Single argument

<f:format.printf arguments="{1: 'TYPO3'}">We love %s</f:format.printf>

Output:

We love TYPO3

Inline notation

{someText -> f:format.printf(arguments: {1: 'TYPO3'})}

Output:

We love TYPO3

Source code

Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: PrintfViewHelper.php (GitHub).

Arguments

The following arguments are available for <f:format.printf>:

Name	Type	Default
value	string
arguments	mixed	`array ()`

value

Type: string

String to format

arguments

Type: mixed
Default: array ()

The arguments for vsprintf

Format.printf ViewHelper <f:format.printf>

Examples

Scientific notation

Argument swapping

Single argument

Inline notation

Source code

Arguments

value

arguments

Format.printf ViewHelper `<f:format.printf>`