Re: [Jython-users] Fwd: Java printf

[Jan D. <jd...@ma...>]

John Mudd wrote:
> 
> Any comments on the following.  I'm translating Jython code to Java and
> I need help formatting numbers.  Is the printf-style formatting code in
> Jython available on a stand-alone basis?  Any suggestions?

Implementing printf-style formatting schouldn't take more than a few
pages of code. I wrote something like it in C++ once, because the
standard printf could deal only with basic types. It took surprisingly
little code, even though it supported all printf-features. It was built
on top of the C++ stream I/O facilities, making the job easier, but I
assume similar basic I/O formatting facilities exist in Java. 

So if you can't really find code implementing printf in Java, just
implement it yourself. 

Besides that, as far as I understand I would think there's no problem in
reusing the Jython implementation (provided you give proper credit to
it's source here and there) ... but then again, I'm not a lawyer!

Regards,
Jan