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Summary here
Our first program will demonstrate the use of string formatting in Scilab. Scilab doesn’t have a built-in templating system like Go’s text/template
, but we can achieve similar results using string formatting and concatenation.
function result = executeTemplate(template, value)
result = msprintf(template, value);
endfunction
function main()
// We can create a simple template using printf-style formatting
t1 = "Value is %s\n";
// Execute the template with different values
mprintf(executeTemplate(t1, "some text"));
mprintf(executeTemplate(t1, string(5)));
mprintf(executeTemplate(t1, strcat(["Go", "Rust", "C++", "C#"], " ")));
// For structs, we can access fields by name
person = struct("Name", "Jane Doe");
t2 = "Name: %s\n";
mprintf(executeTemplate(t2, person.Name));
// For maps (represented as structs in Scilab), we can do the same
person_map = struct("Name", "Mickey Mouse");
mprintf(executeTemplate(t2, person_map.Name));
// Conditional execution can be done with if-else statements
function result = conditionalTemplate(value)
if value ~= "" then
result = "yes\n";
else
result = "no\n";
end
endfunction
mprintf(conditionalTemplate("not empty"));
mprintf(conditionalTemplate(""));
// Looping through arrays
function result = rangeTemplate(arr)
result = "Range: " + strcat(arr, " ") + "\n";
endfunction
languages = ["Go", "Rust", "C++", "C#"];
mprintf(rangeTemplate(languages));
end
main();
To run the program, save it as templates.sce
and execute it in Scilab:
--> exec('templates.sce', -1)
Value is some text
Value is 5
Value is Go Rust C++ C#
Name: Jane Doe
Name: Mickey Mouse
yes
no
Range: Go Rust C++ C#
In this Scilab example, we’ve replicated the functionality of Go’s text templates using string formatting and custom functions. Here’s a breakdown of the main differences:
msprintf
for string formatting.strcat
.While not as powerful as Go’s template system, this approach allows for basic templating functionality in Scilab.