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Co-authored-by: Roland Reichwein <Roland.Reichwein@bmw.de>
Co-authored-by: John Wellbelove <john.wellbelove@etlcpp.com>
Co-authored-by: John Wellbelove <john.wellbelove@etlcpp.co.uk>
2026-06-06 13:12:44 +01:00

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basic_format_spec

format_spec
wformat_spec
u16format_spec
u32format_spec

A template class and four typedefs that allow a specification for string formatting functions and streams. It defines specifications for strings, bool, integrals, floating point and pointers. Used in conjunction with etl::to_string and string streams

The class stores the following specifications:

Specification Description
base The number base. Predefined settings for binary, octal, decimal and hex.
width The total minimum field width for the value's text representation.
precision The total number of decimal places.
upper_case If true then numerical digits for bases >10 are in upper case.
left_justified If true then the text representation is left justified with padding up to the field width on the right.
boolalpha If true then Boolean values are rendered as "true" and "false".
showbase If true then binary, octal and hex values are prefixed with the base tag.
fill Determines the character used for the padding for width.

basic_format_spec

template <typename TString>
class basic_format_spec

basic_format_spec()

Description
The default constructor. Sets:-

Specification Default
base 10
width 0
precision 0
upper case false
left justified false
boolalpha false
show base false
fill ' '
basic_format_spec& base(const uint32_t b)

Description
Sets the base to b.


basic_format_spec& binary()

Description
Sets the base to binary.


basic_format_spec& octal()

Description
Sets the base to octal.


basic_format_spec& hex()

Description
Sets the base to hexadecimal.


basic_format_spec& octal()

Description
Sets the base to octal.


uint32_t get_base() const

Description
Returns the current setting for base.


basic_format_spec& width(const uint32_t w)

Description
Sets the width to w.


uint32_t get_width() const

Description
Returns the current width value.


basic_format_spec& precision(const uint32_t p)

Description
Sets the precision to p.

uint32_t get_precision() const

Description
Returns the current precision value.


basic_format_spec& upper_case(const bool b)

Description
Sets the upper case flag to b. Only affects numerical output such as hexadecimal.


bool is_upper_case() const

Description
Returns true if the upper case flag is set.


basic_format_spec& show_base(const bool b)

Description
Sets the showbase flag to b. Only affects binary and hexadecimal output.


bool is_show_base() const

Description
Returns true if the showbase flag is set.


basic_format_spec& fill(const typename TString::value_type c)

Description
Sets the fill character to c.


typename TString::value_type get_fill() const

Description
Returns the fill character.


basic_format_spec& left()

Description
Sets the left justified flag to true.


bool is_left() const

Description
Returns true if the left justified flag is set.


basic_format_spec& right()

Description
Sets the left justified flag to false.


bool is_right() const

Description
Returns true if the left justified flag is clear.

basic_format_spec& boolalpha(bool b)

Description
Sets the bool alpha flag to b.


bool is_boolalpha() const

Returns true if the bool alpha flag is set.

Typedefs

Type Specialisation
format_spec etl::basic_format_specetl::istring
wformat_spec etl::basic_format_specetl::iwstring
u16format_spec etl::basic_format_specetl::iu16string
u32format_spec etl::basic_format_specetl::iu32string

Stream manipulators

These manipulators are used in conjunction with the ETL's string streams.
Streams may also use a format_spec as a manipulator.

setbase(uint32_t base)

Description
Sets the base for numerical output to base.


setw(uint32_t width)

Description
Sets the format width to width.


template <typename TChar>
setfill(TChar fill)

Description
Sets the fill character to fill.


setprecision(uint32_t precision)

Description
Sets the number of decimal places to precision.


bin

Description
Sets the base for numerical output to binary.


oct

Description
Sets the base for numerical output to octal.


dec

Description
Sets the base for numerical output to decimal.


hex

Description
Sets the base for numerical output to hexadecimal.


left

Description
Sets the alignment to left.


right

Description
Sets the alignment to right.


boolalpha

Description
Sets the boolalpha flag to true.


noboolalpha

Description
Sets the boolalpha flag to false.


uppercase

Description
Sets the uppercase flag to true.


nouppercase

Description
Sets the uppercase flag to false.


showbase

Description
Sets the showbase flag to true.


noshowbase

Description
Sets the showbase flag to false.

Example (to_string)

etl::format_spec format;

// Format as a hex character, minimum fill width of 8, fill with zeros.
format.hex().width(8).fill('0');

etl::string<8> text;

// 'text' is set to "00123456"
etl::to_string(1193046, text, format);

// Format minimum fill width of 8, fill with space and three decimal digits.
format.width(8).fill(' ').precision(3); 

// 'text' is set to "   3.142"
etl::to_string(3.1415, text, format);

Example (string_stream)

etl::string<20> buffer;
etl::string_stream stream(buffer);

// Manipulators
stream << etl::showbase
       << etl::bin << 123456 << " "
       << etl::oct << 123456 << " "
       << etl::dec << 123456 << " "
       << etl::hex << 123456;

The generated string:-

0b11110001001000000 0361100 123456 0x1e240


// Format spec
etl::format_spec format;
format.show_base(true).hex();

stream << format << 123456;

The generated string:-

0x1e240