fmt.Fprint and os.Stdout.Write

[Archos]

Is there any difference between to use `fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, "str")`
and `os.Stdout.Write([]byte("str"))` ?

I'm using now `os.Stdout.Write` to write ANSI terminal escape controls.

[Andrew Gerrand]

If all you want to do is output specific byte strings (and not do any
string formatting) you can just write straight to os.Stdout. fmt will
do the same thing eventually, so if you don't need any of its
functionality you might as well skip it.

Andrew

[chris dollin]

On 18 October 2010 09:21, Archos <raul...@sent.com> wrote:
> Is there any difference between to use `fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, "str")`
> and `os.Stdout.Write([]byte("str"))` ?

Yes. fmt.Fprint will interpret %-verbs in the string, so if you might
have %-characters in that string, beware.

[I assume your question was more general than just for the specific
string "str".]

Chris

--
Chris "allusive" Dollin

[Benny Siegert]

> Yes. fmt.Fprint will interpret %-verbs in the string, so if you might
> have %-characters in that string, beware.

No. Fprint does not use format strings, Fprintf does.

--Benny.

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[chris dollin]

On 18 October 2010 13:14, Benny Siegert <bsie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes. fmt.Fprint will interpret %-verbs in the string, so if you might
>> have %-characters in that string, beware.
>
> No. Fprint does not use format strings, Fprintf does.

(fx:peers-closely)

Dagnabbit. So it isn't.

Thanks for catching it.

[Ostsol]

Fprint can print any data type, while Stdout.Write only prints byte
slices.

-Daniel