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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml | 8 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml index 47d64f245c..e39ce914f7 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <section> <title>DATA TYPES</title> <code type="none"> -filename() = = string() | atom() | DeepList | RawFilename +filename() = string() | atom() | DeepList | RawFilename DeepList = [char() | atom() | DeepList] RawFilename = binary() If VM is in unicode filename mode, string() and char() are allowed to be > 255. diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml index 9d5bea0c2a..41e3e92c59 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml @@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ ok</pre> <p>Prints the argument with the <c>string</c> syntax. The argument is, if no Unicode translation modifier is present, an <seealso marker="erts:erlang#iolist_definition">I/O list</seealso>, a binary, or an atom. If the Unicode translation modifier ('t') is in effect, the argument is chardata(), meaning that binaries are in UTF-8. The characters - are printed without quotes. In this format, the printed - argument is truncated to the given precision and field - width.</p> + are printed without quotes. The string is first truncated + by the given precision and then padded and justified + to the given field width. The default precision is the field width.</p> <p>This format can be used for printing any object and truncating the output so it fits a specified field:</p> <pre> @@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ ok</pre> ok 4> <input>io:fwrite("|~10s|~n", [io_lib:write({hey, hey, hey})]).</input> |{hey,hey,h| +5> <input>io:fwrite("|~-10.8s|~n", [io_lib:write({hey, hey, hey})]).</input> +|{hey,hey | ok</pre> <p>A list with integers larger than 255 is considered an error if the Unicode translation modifier is not given:</p> <pre> |