/usr/local/lib/swipl/library/prolog_format.pl
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  • swipl
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      • error.pl
      • debug.pl -- Print debug messages and test assertions
      • apply.pl -- Apply predicates on a list
      • lists.pl -- List Manipulation
      • broadcast.pl
      • shlib.pl -- Utility library for loading foreign objects (DLLs, shared objects)
      • option.pl -- Option list processing
      • thread_pool.pl -- Resource bounded thread management
      • gensym.pl -- Generate unique symbols
      • settings.pl -- Setting management
      • arithmetic.pl
      • main.pl -- Provide entry point for scripts
      • readutil.pl -- Read utilities
      • operators.pl -- Manage operators
      • pairs.pl
      • prolog_source.pl
      • record.pl -- Access compound arguments by name
      • quasi_quotations.pl -- Define Quasi Quotation syntax
      • pure_input.pl -- Pure Input from files and streams
      • solution_sequences.pl -- Modify solution sequences
      • ordsets.pl
      • random.pl -- Random numbers
      • base64.pl
      • aggregate.pl
      • yall.pl -- Lambda expressions
      • sandbox.pl -- Sandboxed Prolog code
      • apply_macros.pl -- Goal expansion rules to avoid meta-calling
      • assoc.pl -- Binary associations
      • prolog_format.pl -- Analyse format specifications
        • format_spec/2
        • format_spec//1
        • format_types/2
      • predicate_options.pl -- Access and analyse predicate options
      • csv.pl -- Process CSV (Comma-Separated Values) data
      • pprint.pl -- Pretty Print Prolog terms
      • atom.pl -- Operations on atoms
      • modules.pl -- Module utility predicates
      • occurs.pl -- Finding and counting sub-terms
      • prolog_xref.pl -- Prolog cross-referencer data collection
      • prolog_colour.pl
      • lazy_lists.pl -- Lazy list handling
      • ugraphs.pl
      • url.pl -- Analysing and constructing URL
      • www_browser.pl -- Open a URL in the users browser
      • prolog_pack.pl -- A package manager for Prolog
      • git.pl -- Run GIT commands
      • rbtrees.pl -- Red black trees
      • dif.pl -- The dif/2 constraint
      • charsio.pl
      • prolog_stack.pl -- Examine the Prolog stack
      • edinburgh.pl
      • prolog_clause.pl
      • prolog_breakpoints.pl -- Manage Prolog break-points
      • wfs.pl -- Well Founded Semantics interface
      • dialect.pl -- Support multiple Prolog dialects
      • prolog_code.pl
      • sort.pl
      • iostream.pl -- Utilities to deal with streams
      • dicts.pl -- Dict utilities
      • varnumbers.pl -- Utilities for numbered terms
      • edit.pl -- Editor interface
      • nb_set.pl -- Non-backtrackable sets
      • strings.pl
      • backcomp.pl -- Backward compatibility
      • prolog_wrap.pl
      • base32.pl
      • codesio.pl
      • coinduction.pl
      • date.pl -- Process dates and times
      • heaps.pl -- heaps/priority queues
      • statistics.pl
      • terms.pl -- Term manipulation
      • utf8.pl
      • when.pl -- Conditional coroutining
      • intercept.pl
      • writef.pl -- Old-style formatted write
      • help.pl
      • shell.pl -- Elementary shell commands
      • check.pl -- Consistency checking
      • quintus.pl -- Quintus compatibility
      • thread.pl -- High level thread primitives
      • threadutil.pl -- Interactive thread utilities
      • optparse.pl -- command line parsing
      • make.pl -- Reload modified source files
      • files.pl
      • prolog_history.pl
      • listing.pl
      • ansi_term.pl -- Print decorated text to ANSI consoles
      • tables.pl -- XSB interface to tables
      • persistency.pl -- Provide persistent dynamic predicates
      • increval.pl
      • zip.pl
      • ctypes.pl -- Character code classification
      • qsave.pl
      • prolog_autoload.pl -- Autoload all dependencies
      • streams.pl -- Manage Prolog streams
      • portray_text.pl
      • system.pl -- System utilities
      • prolog_metainference.pl
      • prolog_codewalk.pl -- Prolog code walker
      • oset.pl
      • hashtable.pl
      • prolog_jiti.pl
      • prolog_coverage.pl -- Coverage analysis tool
      • prolog_versions.pl -- Demand specific (Prolog) versions
      • prolog_profile.pl
      • prolog_trace.pl -- Print access to predicates
      • rwlocks.pl -- Read/write locks
      • macros.pl
      • prolog_debug.pl
      • explain.pl
      • fastrw.pl
 format_spec(+Format, -Spec:list) is det
Parse a format string. Each element of Spec is one of the following:
text(Text)
Text sent to the output as is
escape(Num, Colon, Action)
A format escape. Num represents the optional numeric portion of an esape. Colon represents the optional colon in an escape. Action is an atom representing the action to be take by this escape.