Creating formatted output using picture strings
in [Python]
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From: Grant Edwards on 10 Feb 2010 15:40 On 2010-02-10, ssteinerX(a)gmail.com <ssteinerx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 10, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2010-02-10, python(a)bdurham.com <python(a)bdurham.com> wrote: >> >> [regardning "picture" output format specifiers] >> >>> I was thinking that there was a built-in function for this >>> common(?) use case >> >> I haven't seen that paradigm since my one-and-only exposure to >> COBOL in a class I took back in 1979. Is the "picture" thing >> commonly used in other places than COBOL? > > Seriously? Seriously. > I've seen it in dozens places other than COBOL over the years > in everything from templating languages to report generators, > to built-in support in a variety of languages (dBASE II > anyone?). > > Haven't you ever had to get a e.g. a phone number or social > security number from user input? Nope. I guess it's specific to certain application areas. I've never done any database type stuff. I do mostly embedded, device drivers, networking/protocols, industrial automation, Unix system admin/automation, and scientific visualization. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I once decorated my at apartment entirely in ten visi.com foot salad forks!!
From: ssteinerX on 10 Feb 2010 15:52 On Feb 10, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2010-02-10, ssteinerX(a)gmail.com <ssteinerx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Feb 10, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>> On 2010-02-10, python(a)bdurham.com <python(a)bdurham.com> wrote: >>> >>> [regardning "picture" output format specifiers] >>> >>>> I was thinking that there was a built-in function for this >>>> common(?) use case >>> >>> I haven't seen that paradigm since my one-and-only exposure to >>> COBOL in a class I took back in 1979. Is the "picture" thing >>> commonly used in other places than COBOL? >> >> Seriously? > > Seriously. > >> I've seen it in dozens places other than COBOL over the years >> in everything from templating languages to report generators, >> to built-in support in a variety of languages (dBASE II >> anyone?). >> >> Haven't you ever had to get a e.g. a phone number or social >> security number from user input? > > Nope. I guess it's specific to certain application areas. I've > never done any database type stuff. I do mostly embedded, > device drivers, networking/protocols, industrial automation, > Unix system admin/automation, and scientific visualization. Yah, I've hardly ever had to get SSN input from users in a device driver ;-). That's what makes groups like this go 'round; we have all done different types of things which gives us all different perspectives. S
From: John Posner on 10 Feb 2010 16:55
On 2/10/2010 2:57 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2010-02-10, python(a)bdurham.com<python(a)bdurham.com> wrote: > > [regardning "picture" output format specifiers] > >> I was thinking that there was a built-in function for this >> common(?) use case > > I haven't seen that paradigm since my one-and-only exposure to > COBOL in a class I took back in 1979. Is the "picture" thing > commonly used in other places than COBOL? > FWIW, Microsoft Excel supports "Custom" numeric cell formats that use a PICTURE-like syntax. -John |