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Function std.format.sformat

Converts its arguments according to a format string into a buffer. The buffer has to be large enough to hold the formatted string.

char[] sformat(Char, Args...) (
  scope return char[] buf,
  scope const(Char)[] fmt,
  Args args
);

char[] sformat(alias fmt, Args...) (
  char[] buf,
  Args args
)
if (isSomeString!(typeof(fmt)));

The second version of sformat takes the format string as a template argument. In this case, it is checked for consistency at compile-time.

Parameters

NameDescription
buf the buffer where the formatted string should go
fmt a format string
args a variadic list of arguments to be formatted
Char character type of fmt
Args a variadic list of types of the arguments

Returns

A slice of buf containing the formatted string.

Throws

A RangeError if buf isn't large enough to hold the formatted string and a FormatException if formatting did not succeed.

Note

In theory this function should be @nogc. But with the current implementation there are some cases where allocations occur:

  • An exception is thrown.
  • A custom toString function of a compound type allocates.

Example

char[20] buf;
writeln(sformat(buf[], "Here are %d %s.", 3, "apples")); // "Here are 3 apples."

writeln(buf[].sformat("Increase: %7.2f %%", 17.4285)); // "Increase:   17.43 %"

Example

The format string can be checked at compile-time: 

char[20] buf;

writeln(sformat!"Here are %d %s."(buf[], 3, "apples")); // "Here are 3 apples."

// This line doesn't compile, because 3.14 cannot be formatted with %d:
// writeln(sformat!"Here are %d %s."(buf[], 3.14, "apples"));

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, and Kenji Hara

License

Boost License 1.0.