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authorDave Gauer <dave@ratfactor.com>2021-02-10 22:13:22 -0500
committerDave Gauer <dave@ratfactor.com>2021-02-10 22:13:22 -0500
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Added string specifier in format strings (#3)
This is now required in current versions of Zig.
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@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ pub fn main() void {
// That's all the problems. Let's see our results:
std.debug.print("d={u} {s}{s}\n",.{d, laugh, major_tom});
//
- // Keen eyes will notice that we've put a 'u' inside the '{}'
- // placeholder in the format string above. This tells the
- // print() function to format the values as a UTF-8 character.
- // If we didn't do this, we'd see '100', which is the decimal
- // number corresponding with the 'd' character in UTF-8.
+ // Keen eyes will notice that we've put 'u' and 's' inside the '{}'
+ // placeholders in the format string above. This tells the
+ // print() function to format the values as a UTF-8 character and
+ // UTF-8 strings respectively. If we didn't do this, we'd see '100',
+ // which is the decimal number corresponding with the 'd' character
+ // in UTF-8. (And an error in the case of the strings.)
//
// While we're on this subject, 'c' (ASCII encoded character)
// would work in place for 'u' because the first 128 characters