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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/strings.texi | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/strings.texi b/lispref/strings.texi index 3f99834fe7f..ac305225fc0 100644 --- a/lispref/strings.texi +++ b/lispref/strings.texi @@ -663,30 +663,34 @@ Replace the specification with the base-ten representation of an integer. @item %x +@itemx %X @cindex integer to hexadecimal Replace the specification with the base-sixteen representation of an -integer. +integer. @samp{%x} uses lower case and @samp{%X} uses upper case. @item %c Replace the specification with the character which is the value given. @item %e +@itemx %E Replace the specification with the exponential notation for a floating -point number. +point number. @samp{%e} uses lower case @samp{e} for the exponent and +@samp{%E} uses upper case. @item %f Replace the specification with the decimal-point notation for a floating point number. @item %g +@itemx %G Replace the specification with notation for a floating point number, using either exponential notation or decimal-point notation, whichever -is shorter. +is shorter. @samp{%G} uses upper case if an exponent is printed. @item %% -Replace the specification with a single @samp{%}. This format specification is -unusual in that it does not use a value. For example, @code{(format "%% -%d" 30)} returns @code{"% 30"}. +Replace the specification with a single @samp{%}. This format +specification is unusual in that it does not use a value. For example, +@code{(format "%% %d" 30)} returns @code{"% 30"}. @end table Any other format character results in an @samp{Invalid format |