Re: [Gretl-devel] printf poll?

I'll take the gretl version as well. Lee On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; wrote: > Coming off Sven's posting at > http://lists.wfu.edu/pipermail/gretl-devel/2016-September/006903.html > I'd like to show a couple of real-world examples of alternatives to > "good old" printf in the econometrics domain. > > I'd be interested to hear what people think of the comparison. If lots of > people tell me they still think printf sucks, than I guess I'll have to > rethink. > > <hansl> > set echo off > set messages off > > # hansl, using printf > h = 8 > w = 6 > printf "Henry the %gth had %g wives\n", h, w > vname = "dispinc" > b = 0.9307 > se = 0.0421 > printf "The coefficient on %s is %g, with std error %g\n", > vname, b, se > > foreign language=R > h <- 8 > w <- 6 > cat(paste("Henry the", h, "th had", w, "wives\n")) > vname <- "dispinc" > b <- 0.9307 > se <- 0.0421 > cat(paste("The coefficient on", vname, "is", b, ", with std error", > se, "\n")) > end foreign > > foreign language=Ox > #include <oxstd.h> > main() { > decl h = 8; > decl w = 6; > print("Henry the ", h, "th had ", w, " wives\n"); > decl vname = "dispinc"; > decl b = 0.9307; > decl se = 0.0421; > print("The coefficient on ", vname, " is ", b, " with std error ", > se, "\n"); > } > end foreign > </hansl> > > Allin > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-devel mailing list > Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu > http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel > -- Lee Adkins Professor of Economics and Department Head Economics and Legal Studies in Business Oklahoma State University Email: lee.adkins(a)okstate.edu Fax: 405-744-5180 Phone: 405-744-5196 URL: www.learneconometrics.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel