|  |  5.1.120 printf Procedure from librarystandard.lib(see  standard_lib).
 
Example:Syntax:
printf (string_expression[,any_expressions] )
Return:
none
Purpose:
printf(fmt,...);performs output formatting. The first
argument is a format control string. Additional arguments may be
required, depending on the content of the control string. A series
of output characters is generated as directed by the control string;
these characters are displayed (i.e., printed to standard out).The control string
 fmtis simply text to be copied, except
that the string may contain conversion specifications.Type
 help print;for a listing of valid conversion
specifications. As an addition to the conversions ofprint,
the%nand%2conversion specification does not
consume an additional argument, but simply generates a newline
character.
Note:
If one of the additional arguments is a list, then it should be
enclosed once more into a list()command, since passing a
list as an argument flattens the list by one level.
 See also:
 fprintf;
 print;
 sprintf;
 string.|  |   ring r=0,(x,y,z),dp;
module m=[1,y],[0,x+z];
intmat M=betti(mres(m,0));
list l=r,m,matrix(M);
printf("s:%s,l:%l",1,2);
==> s:1,l:int(2)
printf("s:%s",l);
==> s:(QQ),(x,y,z),(dp(3),C)
printf("s:%s",list(l));
==> s:(QQ),(x,y,z),(dp(3),C),y*gen(2)+gen(1),x*gen(2)+z*gen(2),1,1
printf("2l:%2l",list(l));
==> 2l:list("(QQ),(x,y,z),(dp(3),C)",
==> module(y*gen(2)+gen(1),
==> x*gen(2)+z*gen(2)),
==> matrix(ideal(1,
==> 1),1,2))
==> 
printf("%p",matrix(M));
==> 1,1
printf("%;",matrix(M));
==> _[1,1]=1
==> _[1,2]=1
==> 
printf("%b",M);
==>            0     1
==> ------------------
==>     0:     1     1
==> ------------------
==> total:     1     1
==> 
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