printf not working

per the php.net site...

Example 6. printf(): string specifiers
<?php
$s = 'monkey';
$t = 'many monkeys';

printf("[%s]\n", $s); // standard string output
printf("[%10s]\n", $s); // right-justification with spaces
printf("[%-10s]\n", $s); // left-justification with spaces
printf("[%010s]\n", $s); // zero-padding works on strings too
printf("[%'#10s]\n", $s); // use the custom padding character '#'
printf("[%10.10s]\n", $t); // left-justification but with a cutoff of 10 characters
?>

The printout of this program would be:

[monkey]
[ monkey]
[monkey ]
[0000monkey]
[####monkey]
[many monke]


However, on my system, this is what I get...

[monkey] [ monkey] [monkey ] [0000monkey] [####monkey] [many monke]



Am I missing something?

Michael Shoemaker wrote:
> per the php.net site...
>
> Example 6. printf(): string specifiers
> <?php
> $s = 'monkey';
> $t = 'many monkeys';
>
> printf("[%s]\n", $s); // standard string output
> printf("[%10s]\n", $s); // right-justification with spaces
> printf("[%-10s]\n", $s); // left-justification with spaces
> printf("[%010s]\n", $s); // zero-padding works on strings too
> printf("[%'#10s]\n", $s); // use the custom padding character '#'
> printf("[%10.10s]\n", $t); // left-justification but with a cutoff of 10 characters
> ?>
>
> The printout of this program would be:
>
> [monkey]
> [ monkey]
> [monkey ]
> [0000monkey]
> [####monkey]
> [many monke]
>
>
> However, on my system, this is what I get...
>
> [monkey] [ monkey] [monkey ] [0000monkey] [####monkey] [many monke]
>
>
>
> Am I missing something?
You could do this:

$b = '<br>';

printf("[%s]$b", $s); // standard string output

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Michael Shoemaker wrote:
> per the php.net site...
>
> Example 6. printf(): string specifiers
> <?php
> $s = 'monkey';
> $t = 'many monkeys';
>
> printf("[%s]\n", $s); // standard string output
> printf("[%10s]\n", $s); // right-justification with spaces
> printf("[%-10s]\n", $s); // left-justification with spaces
> printf("[%010s]\n", $s); // zero-padding works on strings too
> printf("[%'#10s]\n", $s); // use the custom padding character '#'
> printf("[%10.10s]\n", $t); // left-justification but with a cutoff of
> 10 characters
>>
>
> The printout of this program would be:
>
> [monkey]
> [ monkey]
> [monkey ]
> [0000monkey]
> [####monkey]
> [many monke]
>
>
> However, on my system, this is what I get...
>
> [monkey] [ monkey] [monkey ] [0000monkey] [####monkey] [many monke]
>
>
>
> Am I missing something?

Yes, you work in a browser with ignores newlines.
Check the source of your page, it should all be there.
While using a browser for viewing \n, either:
- wrap it in a <pre></pre> tag (preferred),
- use printf("[%s]<br>",$s),
- or cache the output like echo nl2br(sprintf(ntf("[%s]\n",$s);

Option 1 will also not concate all spaces to 1.

Grtz,
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