Re: string.format

["D Burgess" <dburgess@...>]

Given that we have modifiers for strings and numbers, I would
have thought for completness booleans was appropraite.

On 8/2/06, Torsten Karwoth <agonizer@gmx.de> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 2. August 2006 03:16 schrieb D Burgess:
> > I just noticed that string.format is missing an option (I think),
> > namely, a boolean option.
> >
> > How about -
> >
> > %b -> "true" or "false"
> > %bc -> "True" or "False"
> > %bu -> "TRUE" or "FALSE"
> > %b0 -> 0 or 1
> >
> > David B.
>
> I dont think so. Lua is designed to handle such things easy. Your
> suggestion would complicate it a little bit,IMHO to much effort
> and to little use.
>
> local b  = function(Test) return Test and "true" or "false"; end
> local bc = function(Test) return Test and "True" or "False"; end
> local bu = function(Test) return Test and "TRUE" or "FALSE"; end
> ...
> print(string.format("%s %s %s\n", b(false), bc(false), bu(false)));
> print(string.format("%s %s %s\n", b(true), bc(true), bu(true)));
>
> false False FALSE
> true True TRUE
>
> > return bu(1 == 2)
> FALSE
> > return bu(1+1 == 2)
> TRUE
> >
>
>
> HTH
>
>   Torsten