I can't see what the problem is here. -macval()-
is mentioned, but admittedly not explained, in
the help for -macro-, from which the trail
leads directly to [P] macro. But I don't sense that
it is relevant to your project as glimpsed here.
-macval()- inhibits expansion of macros; it is
useful when you want to echo typed commands
exactly, but hardly otherwise.
I have never had to try binary output to get
formatting. On the face of it formatting leads
to syntax like that here. Why do you call it extremely
unaesthetic?
Nick
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Steffen Hokland
> I'm trying to output some results to a file in formatted style.
>
> However, it seems the only way to do this straight away is to use
> binary in stead of ascii. My working but extreemly unaesthetical
> solution has been this:
>
> for strings:
> file write slope_values %20s (trim("Intercept +OXi"))
>
> for scalars:
> file write slope_values %20.3f (real(string(`intercept_wOXi')))
>
> There has to be a better way. I've been able to dig up something
> about a function called 'macval()', but I haven't been able to find
> anything about it in the help files (search and help doesn't turn up
> anything).
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