Convert PHP printf() to Ruby | PHP to Ruby

printf

Posted on April 23rd, 2009 RubyLove 1 comment

Output a formatted string.

PHP
```
$format = 'There are %d monkeys in the %s';
printf($format, 5, 'tree');
// => There are 5 monkeys in the tree
```
Ruby
```
my_string = 'There are %d monkeys in the %s';
printf(my_string, 5, 'tree');
# => There are 5 monkeys in the tree
```
See Also
- echo
- print
PHP, Ruby echo, output, print, printf
One response to “printf”
1. Almazko July 19th, 2011 at 19:44
  
  RUBY:
  
  puts ‘There are %d monkeys in the %s’ % [5, 'tree']
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