Teledyne LeCroy SAS_SATA Protocol Suite Verification Script Engine Reference Manual - Manual (Page 80)

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Remark
A conversion specification begins with a percent sign (%) and ends with a conversion
character. The following optional items can be included, in order, between the % and the
conversion character, to further control argument formatting:
Flag characters are used to further specify the formatting. There are five flag characters:
• A minus sign (-) causes an argument to be left-aligned in its field. Without the minus sign,
the default position of the argument is right-aligned.
• A plus sign (+) inserts a plus sign before a positive signed integer. This only works with the
conversion characters d and i.
• A space inserts a space before a positive signed integer. This only works with the
conversion characters d and i. If both a space and a plus sign are used, the space flag is
ignored.
• A hash mark (#) prepends a 0 to an octal number when used with the conversion character
o. If # is used with x or X, it prepends 0x or 0X to a hexadecimal number.
• A zero (0) pads the field with zeros instead of with spaces.
Field width specification is a positive integer that defines the field width, in spaces, of the
converted argument. If the number of characters in the argument is smaller than the field width,
then the field is padded with spaces. If the argument has more characters than the field width
has spaces, then the field will expand to accommodate the argument.
Example
str = "String";
i = 12;
hex_i = 0xAABBCCDD;
…
formatted_str = FormatEx( "%s, %d, 0x%08X", str, i, hex_i );
# formatted_str = "String, 12, 0xAABBCCDD"
21.2 Left(), Right(), and Mid()
The Left(), Right(), and Mid() functions extract substrings.
Format :
Left ( )
Right ( )
Mid ( )