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| From: | David Allsopp <dra-news@m...> |
| Subject: | RE: [Caml-list] type inference problem with Printf.sprintf ? |
Emmanuel Dieul wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I've just noticed a type inference problem (or am I wrong ?). Here's my > example : > > let format_date = > let format_valeur = function valeur -> > (if valeur < 10 then "0" else "") ^ (string_of_int valeur) Your main problem has already been answered but it's worth noting that you can eliminate this function entirely by using "%02l" in your format specification and passing the integer values from your time structure directly to give: Printf.sprintf "%02l/%02l/%l %02l:%02l:%02l" date.Unix.tm_mday (date.Unix.tm_mon + 1) (date.Unix.tm_year + 1900) date.Unix.tm_hour date.Unix.tm_min date.Unix.tm_sec It's worth having a complete read of the top of the Printf page in the standard library reference just to see the things it can do. David