StringForm

StringForm["controlstring", , ... ] prints as the text of the controlstring, with the printed forms of the embedded.

`i` in the control string indicates a point at which to print .

`` includes the next not yet printed.

`.` prints a raw ` in the output string.

StringForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation.

You can use StringForm to set up "formatted output".

Messages given as values for objects of the form s::t are used as control strings for StringForm.

See Section 2.9.6.

See also: SequenceForm, ToString, Message.

New in Version 1; modified in 5.0.