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[Bengt Kleberg]

On 2005-07-12 11:30, Joel Reymont wrote:
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> I wish there was a version of io:format that read data from a "string".

i have written such a thing. it uses io:fread() with a custom io process 
that uses a string instead of a file. it works, but uses the nice ''New 
Erlang Standard Libraries'' by richardc@REDACTED

i have included my code below if you are interested in a starting point 
for a better way of doing it.


bengt
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