The Go fmt Print functions use the C printf model for formatted output. The usual terminology is argument.
--- The C Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language B.1.2 Formatted Output The printf functions provide formatted output conversion. int fprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, ...) fprintf converts and writes output to stream under the control of format . The return value is the number of characters written, or negative if an error occurred. The format string contains two types of objects: ordinary characters, which are copied to the output stream, and conversion specifications, each of which causes conversion and printing of the next successive argument to fprintf. --- POSIX https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/printf.html NAME printf - write formatted output SYNOPSIS printf format [argument...] DESCRIPTION The printf utility shall write formatted operands to the standard output. The argument operands shall be formatted under control of the format operand. --- Linux https://linux.die.net/man/1/printf printf(1) — Linux manual page NAME printf - format and print data SYNOPSIS printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]... DESCRIPTION Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT. --- Peter On Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 4:14:50 AM UTC-4 Delta Echo wrote: > What does the parameter name `a` stands for in fmt package's functions? > > like, > > func Printf(format string, a ...interface{}) (n int, err error) > > Is it argument? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/28a09f9c-6124-40fd-bf06-79b326fc9cb8n%40googlegroups.com.
