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<A NAME="formatter"><I>Macro</I> <B>FORMATTER</B></A> <P>
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<P><B>Syntax:</B><P>
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<B>formatter</B> <I>control-string</I> =&gt; <I>function</I><P>
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<P><B>Arguments and Values:</B><P>
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<I>control-string</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#format_string"><I>format string</I></A>; not evaluated. <P>
<I>function</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#function"><I>function</I></A>. <P>
<P><B>Description:</B><P>
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Returns a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#function"><I>function</I></A> which has behavior equivalent to: <P>
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#'(lambda (*standard-output* &amp;rest arguments)
(apply #'format t control-string arguments)
arguments-tail)
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where <I>arguments-tail</I> is either the tail of <I>arguments</I> which has as its <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_c.htm#car"><I>car</I></A> the argument that would be processed next if there were more format directives in the <I>control-string</I>, or else <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="a_nil.htm#nil"><B>nil</B></A> if no more <I>arguments</I> follow the most recently processed argument. <P>
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(funcall (formatter &quot;~&amp;~A~A&quot;) *standard-output* 'a 'b 'c)
&gt;&gt; AB
=&gt; (C)
(format t (formatter &quot;~&amp;~A~A&quot;) 'a 'b 'c)
&gt;&gt; AB
=&gt; NIL
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<P><B>Side Effects:</B> None.
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<P><B>Affected By:</B> None.
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<P><B>Exceptional Situations:</B><P>
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Might signal an error (at macro expansion time or at run time) if the argument is not a valid <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#format_string"><I>format string</I></A>. <P>
<P><B>See Also:</B><P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_format.htm#format"><B>format</B></A> <P>
<P><B>Notes:</B> None.
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