zig/lib/std / fmt.zig

String formatting and parsing.

//! String formatting and parsing.

float

fmt/float.zig

Affects hex digits as well as floating point "inf"/"INF".


const builtin = @import("builtin");

default_max_depth

A stream based parser for format strings. Allows to implement formatters compatible with std.fmt without replicating the standard library behavior.


const std = @import("std.zig");
const math = std.math;
const assert = std.debug.assert;
const mem = std.mem;
const meta = std.meta;
const lossyCast = math.lossyCast;
const expectFmt = std.testing.expectFmt;
const testing = std.testing;
const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
const Writer = std.Io.Writer;

Alignment

Asserts the rendered integer value fits in buffer. Returns the end index within buffer.


pub const float = @import("fmt/float.zig");

Case

Converts values in the range [0, 100) to a base 10 string.


pub const default_max_depth = 3;

Options

Creates a type suitable for instantiating and passing to a "{f}" placeholder.


pub const Alignment = enum {
    left,
    center,
    right,
};

toNumber()

Helper for calling alternate format methods besides one named "format".


pub const Case = enum { lower, upper };

Number

The result cannot fit in the type specified.


const default_alignment = .right;
const default_fill_char = ' ';

Mode

The input was empty or contained an invalid character.


pub const Options = struct {
    precision: ?usize = null,
    width: ?usize = null,
    alignment: Alignment = default_alignment,
    fill: u8 = default_fill_char,

base()

Parses the string buf as signed or unsigned representation in the specified base of an integral value of type T. When base is zero the string prefix is examined to detect the true base: * A prefix of "0b" implies base=2, * A prefix of "0o" implies base=8, * A prefix of "0x" implies base=16, * Otherwise base=10 is assumed. Ignores '_' character in buf. See also parseUnsigned.


    pub fn toNumber(o: Options, mode: Number.Mode, case: Case) Number {
        return .{
            .mode = mode,
            .case = case,
            .precision = o.precision,
            .width = o.width,
            .alignment = o.alignment,
            .fill = o.fill,
        };
    }
};

Placeholder

Like parseInt, but with a generic Character type.


pub const Number = struct {
    mode: Mode = .decimal,
    /// Affects hex digits as well as floating point "inf"/"INF".
    case: Case = .lower,
    precision: ?usize = null,
    width: ?usize = null,
    alignment: Alignment = default_alignment,
    fill: u8 = default_fill_char,

parse()

Parses the string buf as unsigned representation in the specified base of an integral value of type T. When base is zero the string prefix is examined to detect the true base: * A prefix of "0b" implies base=2, * A prefix of "0o" implies base=8, * A prefix of "0x" implies base=16, * Otherwise base=10 is assumed. Ignores '_' character in buf. See also parseInt.


    pub const Mode = enum {
        decimal,
        binary,
        octal,
        hex,
        scientific,

Specifier

Parses a number like '2G', '2Gi', or '2GiB'.


        pub fn base(mode: Mode) ?u8 {
            return switch (mode) {
                .decimal => 10,
                .binary => 2,
                .octal => 8,
                .hex => 16,
                .scientific => null,
            };
        }
    };
};

Parser

As much as possible was written to the buffer, but it was too small to fit all the printed bytes.


pub const Placeholder = struct {
    specifier_arg: []const u8,
    fill: u8,
    alignment: Alignment,
    arg: Specifier,
    width: Specifier,
    precision: Specifier,

number()

Print a format string into buf. Returns a slice of the bytes printed.


    pub fn parse(comptime bytes: []const u8) Placeholder {
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = bytes, .i = 0 };
        const arg = parser.specifier() catch |err| @compileError(@errorName(err));
        const specifier_arg = parser.until(':');
        if (parser.char()) |b| {
            if (b != ':') @compileError("expected : or }, found '" ++ &[1]u8{b} ++ "'");
        }

until()

Deprecated in favor of bufPrintSentinel


        // Parse the fill byte, if present.
        //
        // When the width field is also specified, the fill byte must
        // be followed by an alignment specifier, unless it's '0' (zero)
        // (in which case it's handled as part of the width specifier).
        var fill: ?u8 = if (parser.peek(1)) |b|
            switch (b) {
                '<', '^', '>' => parser.char(),
                else => null,
            }
        else
            null;

char()

Count the characters needed for format.


        // Parse the alignment parameter
        const alignment: ?Alignment = if (parser.peek(0)) |b| init: {
            switch (b) {
                '<', '^', '>' => {
                    // consume the character
                    break :init switch (parser.char().?) {
                        '<' => .left,
                        '^' => .center,
                        else => .right,
                    };
                },
                else => break :init null,
            }
        } else null;

maybe()

Encodes a sequence of bytes as hexadecimal digits. Returns an array containing the encoded bytes.


        // When none of the fill character and the alignment specifier have
        // been provided, check whether the width starts with a zero.
        if (fill == null and alignment == null) {
            fill = if (parser.peek(0) == '0') '0' else null;
        }

specifier()

Decodes the sequence of bytes represented by the specified string of hexadecimal characters. Returns a slice of the output buffer containing the decoded bytes.


        // Parse the width parameter
        const width = parser.specifier() catch |err| @compileError(@errorName(err));

peek()

Converts an unsigned integer of any multiple of u8 to an array of lowercase hex bytes, little endian.


        // Skip the dot, if present
        if (parser.char()) |b| {
            if (b != '.') @compileError("expected . or }, found '" ++ &[1]u8{b} ++ "'");
        }

ArgSetType


        // Parse the precision parameter
        const precision = parser.specifier() catch |err| @compileError(@errorName(err));

ArgState


        if (parser.char()) |b| @compileError("extraneous trailing character '" ++ &[1]u8{b} ++ "'");

hasUnusedArgs()


        const specifier_array = specifier_arg[0..specifier_arg.len].*;

nextArg()


        return .{
            .specifier_arg = &specifier_array,
            .fill = fill orelse default_fill_char,
            .alignment = alignment orelse default_alignment,
            .arg = arg,
            .width = width,
            .precision = precision,
        };
    }
};

printInt()


pub const Specifier = union(enum) {
    none,
    number: usize,
    named: []const u8,
};

digits2()


/// A stream based parser for format strings.
///
/// Allows to implement formatters compatible with std.fmt without replicating
/// the standard library behavior.
pub const Parser = struct {
    bytes: []const u8,
    i: usize,

Alt()


    pub fn number(self: *@This()) ?usize {
        var r: ?usize = null;
        while (self.peek(0)) |byte| {
            switch (byte) {
                '0'...'9' => {
                    if (r == null) r = 0;
                    r.? *= 10;
                    r.? += byte - '0';
                },
                else => break,
            }
            self.i += 1;
        }
        return r;
    }

format()


    pub fn until(self: *@This(), delimiter: u8) []const u8 {
        const start = self.i;
        self.i = std.mem.indexOfScalarPos(u8, self.bytes, self.i, delimiter) orelse self.bytes.len;
        return self.bytes[start..self.i];
    }

alt()


    pub fn char(self: *@This()) ?u8 {
        const i = self.i;
        if (self.bytes.len - i == 0) return null;
        self.i = i + 1;
        return self.bytes[i];
    }

Test: alt


    pub fn maybe(self: *@This(), byte: u8) bool {
        if (self.peek(0) == byte) {
            self.i += 1;
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

other()


    pub fn specifier(self: *@This()) !Specifier {
        if (self.maybe('[')) {
            const arg_name = self.until(']');
            if (!self.maybe(']')) return error.@"Expected closing ]";
            return .{ .named = arg_name };
        }
        if (self.number()) |i| return .{ .number = i };
        return .{ .none = {} };
    }

ParseIntError


    pub fn peek(self: *@This(), i: usize) ?u8 {
        const peek_index = self.i + i;
        if (peek_index >= self.bytes.len) return null;
        return self.bytes[peek_index];
    }
};

parseInt()


pub const ArgSetType = u32;

parseIntWithGenericCharacter()


pub const ArgState = struct {
    next_arg: usize = 0,
    used_args: ArgSetType = 0,
    args_len: usize,

Test: parseInt


    pub fn hasUnusedArgs(self: *@This()) bool {
        return @popCount(self.used_args) != self.args_len;
    }

parseUnsigned()


    pub fn nextArg(self: *@This(), arg_index: ?usize) ?usize {
        const next_index = arg_index orelse init: {
            const arg = self.next_arg;
            self.next_arg += 1;
            break :init arg;
        };

Test: parseUnsigned


        if (next_index >= self.args_len) {
            return null;
        }

parseIntSizeSuffix()


        // Mark this argument as used
        self.used_args |= @as(ArgSetType, 1) << @as(u5, @intCast(next_index));
        return next_index;
    }
};

Test: parseIntSizeSuffix


/// Asserts the rendered integer value fits in `buffer`.
/// Returns the end index within `buffer`.
pub fn printInt(buffer: []u8, value: anytype, base: u8, case: Case, options: Options) usize {
    var w: Writer = .fixed(buffer);
    w.printInt(value, base, case, options) catch unreachable;
    return w.end;

charToDigit()

}

ParseFloatError

fmt/parse_float.zig

/// Converts values in the range [0, 100) to a base 10 string.
pub fn digits2(value: u8) [2]u8 {
    if (builtin.mode == .ReleaseSmall) {
        return .{ @intCast('0' + value / 10), @intCast('0' + value % 10) };
    } else {
        return "00010203040506070809101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899"[value * 2 ..][0..2].*;
    }

charToDigit()

}

digitToChar()


/// Creates a type suitable for instantiating and passing to a "{f}" placeholder.
pub fn Alt(
    comptime Data: type,
    comptime formatFn: fn (data: Data, writer: *Writer) Writer.Error!void,
) type {
    return struct {
        data: Data,
        pub inline fn format(self: @This(), writer: *Writer) Writer.Error!void {
            try formatFn(self.data, writer);
        }
    };
}

BufPrintError


/// Helper for calling alternate format methods besides one named "format".
pub fn alt(
    context: anytype,
    comptime func_name: @TypeOf(.enum_literal),
) Alt(@TypeOf(context), @field(@TypeOf(context), @tagName(func_name))) {
    return .{ .data = context };
}

bufPrint()


test alt {
    const Example = struct {
        number: u8,

bufPrintZ()


        pub fn other(ex: @This(), w: *Writer) Writer.Error!void {
            try w.writeByte(ex.number);
        }
    };
    const ex: Example = .{ .number = 'a' };
    try expectFmt("a", "{f}", .{alt(ex, .other)});
}

bufPrintSentinel()


pub const ParseIntError = error{
    /// The result cannot fit in the type specified.
    Overflow,
    /// The input was empty or contained an invalid character.
    InvalidCharacter,
};

count()


/// Parses the string `buf` as signed or unsigned representation in the
/// specified base of an integral value of type `T`.
///
/// When `base` is zero the string prefix is examined to detect the true base:
///  * A prefix of "0b" implies base=2,
///  * A prefix of "0o" implies base=8,
///  * A prefix of "0x" implies base=16,
///  * Otherwise base=10 is assumed.
///
/// Ignores '_' character in `buf`.
/// See also `parseUnsigned`.
pub fn parseInt(comptime T: type, buf: []const u8, base: u8) ParseIntError!T {
    return parseIntWithGenericCharacter(T, u8, buf, base);
}

allocPrint()


/// Like `parseInt`, but with a generic `Character` type.
pub fn parseIntWithGenericCharacter(
    comptime Result: type,
    comptime Character: type,
    buf: []const Character,
    base: u8,
) ParseIntError!Result {
    if (buf.len == 0) return error.InvalidCharacter;
    if (buf[0] == '+') return parseIntWithSign(Result, Character, buf[1..], base, .pos);
    if (buf[0] == '-') return parseIntWithSign(Result, Character, buf[1..], base, .neg);
    return parseIntWithSign(Result, Character, buf, base, .pos);
}

allocPrintSentinel()


test parseInt {
    try std.testing.expectEqual(-10, try parseInt(i32, "-10", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(10, try parseInt(i32, "+10", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(10, try parseInt(u32, "+10", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.Overflow, parseInt(u32, "-10", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, " 10", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "10 ", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "_10_", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "0x_10_", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "0x10_", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "0x_10", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(255, try parseInt(u8, "255", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.Overflow, parseInt(u8, "256", 10));

comptimePrint()


    // +0 and -0 should work for unsigned
    try std.testing.expectEqual(0, try parseInt(u8, "-0", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(0, try parseInt(u8, "+0", 10));

Test: comptimePrint


    // ensure minInt is parsed correctly
    try std.testing.expectEqual(math.minInt(i1), try parseInt(i1, "-1", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(math.minInt(i8), try parseInt(i8, "-128", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(math.minInt(i43), try parseInt(i43, "-4398046511104", 10));

Test:

parse u64 digit too big


    // empty string or bare +- is invalid
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(i32, "", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "+", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(i32, "+", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "-", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(i32, "-", 10));

Test:

parse unsigned comptime


    // autodectect the base
    try std.testing.expectEqual(111, try parseInt(i32, "111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(111, try parseInt(i32, "1_1_1", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(111, try parseInt(i32, "1_1_1", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(7, try parseInt(i32, "+0b111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(7, try parseInt(i32, "+0B111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(7, try parseInt(i32, "+0b1_11", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(73, try parseInt(i32, "+0o111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(73, try parseInt(i32, "+0O111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(73, try parseInt(i32, "+0o11_1", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(273, try parseInt(i32, "+0x111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(-7, try parseInt(i32, "-0b111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(-7, try parseInt(i32, "-0b11_1", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(-73, try parseInt(i32, "-0o111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(-273, try parseInt(i32, "-0x111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(-273, try parseInt(i32, "-0X111", 0));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(-273, try parseInt(i32, "-0x1_11", 0));

Test:

escaped braces


    // bare binary/octal/decimal prefix is invalid
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "0b", 0));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "0o", 0));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseInt(u32, "0x", 0));

Test:

optional


    // edge cases which previously errored due to base overflowing T
    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(i2, -2), try std.fmt.parseInt(i2, "-10", 2));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(i4, -8), try std.fmt.parseInt(i4, "-10", 8));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(i5, -16), try std.fmt.parseInt(i5, "-10", 16));
}

Test:

error


fn parseIntWithSign(
    comptime Result: type,
    comptime Character: type,
    buf: []const Character,
    base: u8,
    comptime sign: enum { pos, neg },
) ParseIntError!Result {
    if (buf.len == 0) return error.InvalidCharacter;

Test:

int.small


    var buf_base = base;
    var buf_start = buf;
    if (base == 0) {
        // Treat is as a decimal number by default.
        buf_base = 10;
        // Detect the base by looking at buf prefix.
        if (buf.len > 2 and buf[0] == '0') {
            if (math.cast(u8, buf[1])) |c| switch (std.ascii.toLower(c)) {
                'b' => {
                    buf_base = 2;
                    buf_start = buf[2..];
                },
                'o' => {
                    buf_base = 8;
                    buf_start = buf[2..];
                },
                'x' => {
                    buf_base = 16;
                    buf_start = buf[2..];
                },
                else => {},
            };
        }
    }

Test:

int.specifier


    const add = switch (sign) {
        .pos => math.add,
        .neg => math.sub,
    };

Test:

int.padded


    // accumulate into Accumulate which is always 8 bits or larger.  this prevents
    // `buf_base` from overflowing Result.
    const info = @typeInfo(Result);
    const Accumulate = std.meta.Int(info.int.signedness, @max(8, info.int.bits));
    var accumulate: Accumulate = 0;

Test:

buffer


    if (buf_start[0] == '_' or buf_start[buf_start.len - 1] == '_') return error.InvalidCharacter;

Test:

array


    for (buf_start) |c| {
        if (c == '_') continue;
        const digit = try charToDigit(math.cast(u8, c) orelse return error.InvalidCharacter, buf_base);
        if (accumulate != 0) {
            accumulate = try math.mul(Accumulate, accumulate, math.cast(Accumulate, buf_base) orelse return error.Overflow);
        } else if (sign == .neg) {
            // The first digit of a negative number.
            // Consider parsing "-4" as an i3.
            // This should work, but positive 4 overflows i3, so we can't cast the digit to T and subtract.
            accumulate = math.cast(Accumulate, -@as(i8, @intCast(digit))) orelse return error.Overflow;
            continue;
        }
        accumulate = try add(Accumulate, accumulate, math.cast(Accumulate, digit) orelse return error.Overflow);
    }

Test:

slice


    return if (Result == Accumulate)
        accumulate
    else
        math.cast(Result, accumulate) orelse return error.Overflow;
}

format()


/// Parses the string `buf` as unsigned representation in the specified base
/// of an integral value of type `T`.
///
/// When `base` is zero the string prefix is examined to detect the true base:
///  * A prefix of "0b" implies base=2,
///  * A prefix of "0o" implies base=8,
///  * A prefix of "0x" implies base=16,
///  * Otherwise base=10 is assumed.
///
/// Ignores '_' character in `buf`.
/// See also `parseInt`.
pub fn parseUnsigned(comptime T: type, buf: []const u8, base: u8) ParseIntError!T {
    return parseIntWithSign(T, u8, buf, base, .pos);
}

Test:

pointer


test parseUnsigned {
    try std.testing.expectEqual(50124, try parseUnsigned(u16, "050124", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(65535, try parseUnsigned(u16, "65535", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(65535, try parseUnsigned(u16, "65_535", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.Overflow, parseUnsigned(u16, "65536", 10));

Test:

cstr


    try std.testing.expectEqual(0xffffffffffffffff, try parseUnsigned(u64, "0ffffffffffffffff", 16));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(0xffffffffffffffff, try parseUnsigned(u64, "0f_fff_fff_fff_fff_fff", 16));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.Overflow, parseUnsigned(u64, "10000000000000000", 16));

Test:

struct


    try std.testing.expectEqual(0xDEADBEEF, try parseUnsigned(u32, "DeadBeef", 16));

Test:

enum


    try std.testing.expectEqual(1, try parseUnsigned(u7, "1", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(8, try parseUnsigned(u7, "1000", 2));

Test:

non-exhaustive enum


    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseUnsigned(u32, "f", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseUnsigned(u8, "109", 8));

Test:

float.scientific


    try std.testing.expectEqual(1442151747, try parseUnsigned(u32, "NUMBER", 36));

Test:

float.scientific.precision


    // these numbers should fit even though the base itself doesn't fit in the destination type
    try std.testing.expectEqual(0, try parseUnsigned(u1, "0", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(1, try parseUnsigned(u1, "1", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.Overflow, parseUnsigned(u1, "2", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(1, try parseUnsigned(u1, "001", 16));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(3, try parseUnsigned(u2, "3", 16));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.Overflow, parseUnsigned(u2, "4", 16));

Test:

float.special


    // parseUnsigned does not expect a sign
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseUnsigned(u8, "+0", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseUnsigned(u8, "-0", 10));

Test:

float.hexadecimal.special


    // test empty string error
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseUnsigned(u8, "", 10));
}

Test:

float.hexadecimal


/// Parses a number like '2G', '2Gi', or '2GiB'.
pub fn parseIntSizeSuffix(buf: []const u8, digit_base: u8) ParseIntError!usize {
    var without_B = buf;
    if (mem.endsWith(u8, buf, "B")) without_B.len -= 1;
    var without_i = without_B;
    var magnitude_base: usize = 1000;
    if (mem.endsWith(u8, without_B, "i")) {
        without_i.len -= 1;
        magnitude_base = 1024;
    }
    if (without_i.len == 0) return error.InvalidCharacter;
    const orders_of_magnitude: usize = switch (without_i[without_i.len - 1]) {
        'k', 'K' => 1,
        'M' => 2,
        'G' => 3,
        'T' => 4,
        'P' => 5,
        'E' => 6,
        'Z' => 7,
        'Y' => 8,
        'R' => 9,
        'Q' => 10,
        else => 0,
    };
    var without_suffix = without_i;
    if (orders_of_magnitude > 0) {
        without_suffix.len -= 1;
    } else if (without_i.len != without_B.len) {
        return error.InvalidCharacter;
    }
    const multiplier = math.powi(usize, magnitude_base, orders_of_magnitude) catch |err| switch (err) {
        error.Underflow => unreachable,
        error.Overflow => return error.Overflow,
    };
    const number = try std.fmt.parseInt(usize, without_suffix, digit_base);
    return math.mul(usize, number, multiplier);
}

Test:

float.hexadecimal.precision


test parseIntSizeSuffix {
    try std.testing.expectEqual(2, try parseIntSizeSuffix("2", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(2, try parseIntSizeSuffix("2B", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(2000, try parseIntSizeSuffix("2kB", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(2000, try parseIntSizeSuffix("2k", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(2048, try parseIntSizeSuffix("2KiB", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(2048, try parseIntSizeSuffix("2Ki", 10));
    try std.testing.expectEqual(10240, try parseIntSizeSuffix("aKiB", 16));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseIntSizeSuffix("", 10));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, parseIntSizeSuffix("2iB", 10));
}

Test:

float.decimal


pub const parseFloat = @import("fmt/parse_float.zig").parseFloat;
pub const ParseFloatError = @import("fmt/parse_float.zig").ParseFloatError;

Test:

float.libc.sanity


test {
    _ = &parseFloat;
}

Test:

union


pub fn charToDigit(c: u8, base: u8) (error{InvalidCharacter}!u8) {
    const value = switch (c) {
        '0'...'9' => c - '0',
        'A'...'Z' => c - 'A' + 10,
        'a'...'z' => c - 'a' + 10,
        else => return error.InvalidCharacter,
    };

Test:

struct.self-referential


    if (value >= base) return error.InvalidCharacter;

Test:

struct.zero-size


    return value;
}

bytesToHex()


pub fn digitToChar(digit: u8, case: Case) u8 {
    return switch (digit) {
        0...9 => digit + '0',
        10...35 => digit + ((if (case == .upper) @as(u8, 'A') else @as(u8, 'a')) - 10),
        else => unreachable,
    };
}

hexToBytes()


pub const BufPrintError = error{
    /// As much as possible was written to the buffer, but it was too small to fit all the printed bytes.
    NoSpaceLeft,
};

Test: bytesToHex


/// Print a format string into `buf`. Returns a slice of the bytes printed.
pub fn bufPrint(buf: []u8, comptime fmt: []const u8, args: anytype) BufPrintError![]u8 {
    var w: Writer = .fixed(buf);
    w.print(fmt, args) catch |err| switch (err) {
        error.WriteFailed => return error.NoSpaceLeft,
    };
    return w.buffered();
}

Test: hexToBytes


/// Deprecated in favor of `bufPrintSentinel`
pub fn bufPrintZ(buf: []u8, comptime fmt: []const u8, args: anytype) BufPrintError![:0]u8 {
    return try bufPrintSentinel(buf, fmt, args, 0);
}

Test:

positional


pub fn bufPrintSentinel(
    buf: []u8,
    comptime fmt: []const u8,
    args: anytype,
    comptime sentinel: u8,
) BufPrintError![:sentinel]u8 {
    const result = try bufPrint(buf, fmt ++ [_]u8{sentinel}, args);
    return result[0 .. result.len - 1 :sentinel];
}

Test:

positional with specifier


/// Count the characters needed for format.
pub fn count(comptime fmt: []const u8, args: anytype) usize {
    var trash_buffer: [64]u8 = undefined;
    var dw: Writer.Discarding = .init(&trash_buffer);
    dw.writer.print(fmt, args) catch |err| switch (err) {
        error.WriteFailed => unreachable,
    };
    return @intCast(dw.count + dw.writer.end);
}

Test:

positional/alignment/width/precision


pub fn allocPrint(gpa: Allocator, comptime fmt: []const u8, args: anytype) Allocator.Error![]u8 {
    var aw = try Writer.Allocating.initCapacity(gpa, fmt.len);
    defer aw.deinit();
    aw.writer.print(fmt, args) catch |err| switch (err) {
        error.WriteFailed => return error.OutOfMemory,
    };
    return aw.toOwnedSlice();
}

Test:

vector


pub fn allocPrintSentinel(
    gpa: Allocator,
    comptime fmt: []const u8,
    args: anytype,
    comptime sentinel: u8,
) Allocator.Error![:sentinel]u8 {
    var aw = try Writer.Allocating.initCapacity(gpa, fmt.len);
    defer aw.deinit();
    aw.writer.print(fmt, args) catch |err| switch (err) {
        error.WriteFailed => return error.OutOfMemory,
    };
    return aw.toOwnedSliceSentinel(sentinel);
}

Test:

enum-literal


pub inline fn comptimePrint(comptime fmt: []const u8, args: anytype) *const [count(fmt, args):0]u8 {
    comptime {
        var buf: [count(fmt, args):0]u8 = undefined;
        _ = bufPrint(&buf, fmt, args) catch unreachable;
        buf[buf.len] = 0;
        const final = buf;
        return &final;
    }
}

Test:

padding


test comptimePrint {
    @setEvalBranchQuota(2000);
    try std.testing.expectEqual(*const [3:0]u8, @TypeOf(comptimePrint("{}", .{100})));
    try std.testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, "100", comptimePrint("{}", .{100}));
    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("30", comptimePrint("{d}", .{30.0}));
    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("30.0", comptimePrint("{d:3.1}", .{30.0}));
    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("0.05", comptimePrint("{d}", .{0.05}));
    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("5e-2", comptimePrint("{e}", .{0.05}));
}

Test:

decimal float padding


test "parse u64 digit too big" {
    _ = parseUnsigned(u64, "123a", 10) catch |err| {
        if (err == error.InvalidCharacter) return;
        unreachable;
    };
    unreachable;
}

Test:

sci float padding


test "parse unsigned comptime" {
    comptime {
        try std.testing.expectEqual(2, try parseUnsigned(usize, "2", 10));
    }
}

Test:

padding.zero


test "escaped braces" {
    try expectFmt("escaped: {{foo}}\n", "escaped: {{{{foo}}}}\n", .{});
    try expectFmt("escaped: {foo}\n", "escaped: {{foo}}\n", .{});
}

Test:

null


test "optional" {
    {
        const value: ?i32 = 1234;
        try expectFmt("optional: 1234\n", "optional: {?}\n", .{value});
        try expectFmt("optional: 1234\n", "optional: {?d}\n", .{value});
        try expectFmt("optional: 4d2\n", "optional: {?x}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: ?[]const u8 = "string";
        try expectFmt("optional: string\n", "optional: {?s}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: ?i32 = null;
        try expectFmt("optional: null\n", "optional: {?}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value = @as(?*i32, @ptrFromInt(0xf000d000));
        try expectFmt("optional: *i32@f000d000\n", "optional: {*}\n", .{value});
    }
}

Test:

type


test "error" {
    {
        const value: anyerror!i32 = 1234;
        try expectFmt("error union: 1234\n", "error union: {!}\n", .{value});
        try expectFmt("error union: 1234\n", "error union: {!d}\n", .{value});
        try expectFmt("error union: 4d2\n", "error union: {!x}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: anyerror![]const u8 = "string";
        try expectFmt("error union: string\n", "error union: {!s}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: anyerror!i32 = error.InvalidChar;
        try expectFmt("error union: error.InvalidChar\n", "error union: {!}\n", .{value});
    }
}

Test:

named arguments


test "int.small" {
    {
        const value: u3 = 0b101;
        try expectFmt("u3: 5\n", "u3: {}\n", .{value});
    }
}

Test:

runtime width specifier


test "int.specifier" {
    {
        const value: u8 = 'a';
        try expectFmt("u8: a\n", "u8: {c}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: u8 = 0b1100;
        try expectFmt("u8: 0b1100\n", "u8: 0b{b}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: u16 = 0o1234;
        try expectFmt("u16: 0o1234\n", "u16: 0o{o}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: u8 = 'a';
        try expectFmt("UTF-8: a\n", "UTF-8: {u}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: u21 = 0x1F310;
        try expectFmt("UTF-8: 🌐\n", "UTF-8: {u}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: u21 = 0xD800;
        try expectFmt("UTF-8: �\n", "UTF-8: {u}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value: u21 = 0x110001;
        try expectFmt("UTF-8: �\n", "UTF-8: {u}\n", .{value});
    }
}

Test:

runtime precision specifier


test "int.padded" {
    try expectFmt("u8: '   1'", "u8: '{:4}'", .{@as(u8, 1)});
    try expectFmt("u8: '1000'", "u8: '{:0<4}'", .{@as(u8, 1)});
    try expectFmt("u8: '0001'", "u8: '{:0>4}'", .{@as(u8, 1)});
    try expectFmt("u8: '0100'", "u8: '{:0^4}'", .{@as(u8, 1)});
    try expectFmt("i8: '-1  '", "i8: '{:<4}'", .{@as(i8, -1)});
    try expectFmt("i8: '  -1'", "i8: '{:>4}'", .{@as(i8, -1)});
    try expectFmt("i8: ' -1 '", "i8: '{:^4}'", .{@as(i8, -1)});
    try expectFmt("i16: '-1234'", "i16: '{:4}'", .{@as(i16, -1234)});
    try expectFmt("i16: '+1234'", "i16: '{:4}'", .{@as(i16, 1234)});
    try expectFmt("i16: '-12345'", "i16: '{:4}'", .{@as(i16, -12345)});
    try expectFmt("i16: '+12345'", "i16: '{:4}'", .{@as(i16, 12345)});
    try expectFmt("u16: '12345'", "u16: '{:4}'", .{@as(u16, 12345)});
}

Test:

recursive format function


test "buffer" {
    {
        var buf1: [32]u8 = undefined;
        var w: Writer = .fixed(&buf1);
        try w.printValue("", .{}, 1234, std.options.fmt_max_depth);
        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("1234", w.buffered());

format()


        w = .fixed(&buf1);
        try w.printValue("c", .{}, 'a', std.options.fmt_max_depth);
        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("a", w.buffered());

hex_charset


        w = .fixed(&buf1);
        try w.printValue("b", .{}, 0b1100, std.options.fmt_max_depth);
        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("1100", w.buffered());
    }
}

hex()


// Test formatting of arrays by value, by single-item pointer, and as a slice
fn expectArrayFmt(expected: []const u8, comptime template: []const u8, comptime array_value: anytype) !void {
    try expectFmt(expected, template, .{array_value});
    try expectFmt(expected, template, .{&array_value});
    var runtime_zero: usize = 0;
    _ = &runtime_zero;
    try expectFmt(expected, template, .{array_value[runtime_zero..]});
}

Test: hex


test "array" {
    const value: [3]u8 = "abc".*;
    try expectArrayFmt("array: abc\n", "array: {s}\n", value);
    try expectArrayFmt("array: 616263\n", "array: {x}\n", value);
    try expectArrayFmt("array: { 97, 98, 99 }\n", "array: {any}\n", value);

Test:

parser until


    var buf: [100]u8 = undefined;
    try expectFmt(
        try bufPrint(buf[0..], "array: [3]u8@{x}\n", .{@intFromPtr(&value)}),
        "array: {*}\n",
        .{&value},
    );
}

Test:

parser peek


test "slice" {
    {
        const value: []const u8 = "abc";
        try expectFmt("slice: abc\n", "slice: {s}\n", .{value});
        try expectFmt("slice: 616263\n", "slice: {x}\n", .{value});
        try expectFmt("slice: { 97, 98, 99 }\n", "slice: {any}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        var runtime_zero: usize = 0;
        _ = &runtime_zero;
        const value = @as([*]align(1) const []const u8, @ptrFromInt(0xdeadbeef))[runtime_zero..runtime_zero];
        try expectFmt("slice: []const u8@deadbeef\n", "slice: {*}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const null_term_slice: [:0]const u8 = "\x00hello\x00";
        try expectFmt("buf: \x00hello\x00\n", "buf: {s}\n", .{null_term_slice});
    }

Test:

parser char


    try expectFmt("buf: Test\n Other text", "buf: {s}\n Other text", .{"Test"});

Test:

parser maybe


    {
        var int_slice = [_]u32{ 1, 4096, 391891, 1111111111 };
        const input: []const u32 = &int_slice;
        try expectFmt("int: { 1, 4096, 391891, 1111111111 }", "int: {any}", .{input});
    }
    {
        const S1 = struct {
            x: u8,
        };
        const struct_slice: []const S1 = &[_]S1{ S1{ .x = 8 }, S1{ .x = 42 } };
        try expectFmt("slice: { .{ .x = 8 }, .{ .x = 42 } }", "slice: {any}", .{struct_slice});
    }
    {
        const S2 = struct {
            x: u8,

Test:

parser number


            pub fn format(s: @This(), writer: *Writer) Writer.Error!void {
                try writer.print("S2({})", .{s.x});
            }
        };
        const struct_slice: []const S2 = &[_]S2{ S2{ .x = 8 }, S2{ .x = 42 } };
        try expectFmt("slice: { .{ .x = 8 }, .{ .x = 42 } }", "slice: {any}", .{struct_slice});
    }
}

Test:

parser specifier


test "pointer" {
    {
        const value = @as(*align(1) i32, @ptrFromInt(0xdeadbeef));
        try expectFmt("pointer: i32@deadbeef\n", "pointer: {}\n", .{value});
        try expectFmt("pointer: i32@deadbeef\n", "pointer: {*}\n", .{value});
    }
    const FnPtr = *align(1) const fn () void;
    {
        const value = @as(FnPtr, @ptrFromInt(0xdeadbeef));
        try expectFmt("pointer: fn () void@deadbeef\n", "pointer: {}\n", .{value});
    }
    {
        const value = @as(FnPtr, @ptrFromInt(0xdeadbeef));
        try expectFmt("pointer: fn () void@deadbeef\n", "pointer: {}\n", .{value});
    }
}

test "cstr" {
    try expectFmt(
        "cstr: Test C\n",
        "cstr: {s}\n",
        .{@as([*c]const u8, @ptrCast("Test C"))},
    );
}

test "struct" {
    {
        const Struct = struct {
            field: u8,
        };
        const value = Struct{ .field = 42 };
        try expectFmt("struct: .{ .field = 42 }\n", "struct: {}\n", .{value});
        try expectFmt("struct: .{ .field = 42 }\n", "struct: {}\n", .{&value});
    }
    {
        const Struct = struct {
            a: u0,
            b: u1,
        };
        const value = Struct{ .a = 0, .b = 1 };
        try expectFmt("struct: .{ .a = 0, .b = 1 }\n", "struct: {}\n", .{value});
    }

    const S = struct {
        a: u32,
        b: anyerror,
    };

    const inst = S{
        .a = 456,
        .b = error.Unused,
    };

    try expectFmt(".{ .a = 456, .b = error.Unused }", "{}", .{inst});
    // Tuples
    try expectFmt(".{ }", "{}", .{.{}});
    try expectFmt(".{ -1 }", "{}", .{.{-1}});
    try expectFmt(".{ -1, 42, 25000 }", "{}", .{.{ -1, 42, 0.25e5 }});
}

test "enum" {
    const Enum = enum {
        One,
        Two,
    };
    const value = Enum.Two;
    try expectFmt("enum: .Two\n", "enum: {}\n", .{value});
    try expectFmt("enum: .Two\n", "enum: {}\n", .{&value});
    try expectFmt("enum: .One\n", "enum: {}\n", .{Enum.One});
    try expectFmt("enum: .Two\n", "enum: {}\n", .{Enum.Two});

    // test very large enum to verify ct branch quota is large enough
    // TODO: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/15609
    if (!((builtin.cpu.arch == .wasm32) and builtin.mode == .Debug)) {
        try expectFmt("enum: .INVALID_FUNCTION\n", "enum: {}\n", .{std.os.windows.Win32Error.INVALID_FUNCTION});
    }

    const E = enum {
        One,
        Two,
        Three,
    };

    const inst = E.Two;

    try expectFmt(".Two", "{}", .{inst});
}

test "non-exhaustive enum" {
    const Enum = enum(u16) {
        One = 0x000f,
        Two = 0xbeef,
        _,
    };
    try expectFmt("enum: .One\n", "enum: {}\n", .{Enum.One});
    try expectFmt("enum: .Two\n", "enum: {}\n", .{Enum.Two});
    try expectFmt("enum: @enumFromInt(4660)\n", "enum: {}\n", .{@as(Enum, @enumFromInt(0x1234))});
    try expectFmt("enum: f\n", "enum: {x}\n", .{Enum.One});
    try expectFmt("enum: beef\n", "enum: {x}\n", .{Enum.Two});
    try expectFmt("enum: BEEF\n", "enum: {X}\n", .{Enum.Two});
    try expectFmt("enum: 1234\n", "enum: {x}\n", .{@as(Enum, @enumFromInt(0x1234))});

    try expectFmt("enum: 15\n", "enum: {d}\n", .{Enum.One});
    try expectFmt("enum: 48879\n", "enum: {d}\n", .{Enum.Two});
    try expectFmt("enum: 4660\n", "enum: {d}\n", .{@as(Enum, @enumFromInt(0x1234))});
}

test "float.scientific" {
    try expectFmt("f32: 1.34e0", "f32: {e}", .{@as(f32, 1.34)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 1.234e1", "f32: {e}", .{@as(f32, 12.34)});
    try expectFmt("f64: -1.234e11", "f64: {e}", .{@as(f64, -12.34e10)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 9.99996e-40", "f64: {e}", .{@as(f64, 9.999960e-40)});
}

test "float.scientific.precision" {
    try expectFmt("f64: 1.40971e-42", "f64: {e:.5}", .{@as(f64, 1.409706e-42)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 1.00000e-9", "f64: {e:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 814313563))))});
    try expectFmt("f64: 7.81250e-3", "f64: {e:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 1006632960))))});
    // libc rounds 1.000005e5 to 1.00000e5 but zig does 1.00001e5.
    // In fact, libc doesn't round a lot of 5 cases up when one past the precision point.
    try expectFmt("f64: 1.00001e5", "f64: {e:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 1203982400))))});
}

test "float.special" {
    try expectFmt("f64: nan", "f64: {}", .{math.nan(f64)});
    // negative nan is not defined by IEE 754,
    // and ARM thus normalizes it to positive nan
    if (builtin.target.cpu.arch != .arm) {
        try expectFmt("f64: -nan", "f64: {}", .{-math.nan(f64)});
    }
    try expectFmt("f64: inf", "f64: {}", .{math.inf(f64)});
    try expectFmt("f64: -inf", "f64: {}", .{-math.inf(f64)});
}

test "float.hexadecimal.special" {
    try expectFmt("f64: nan", "f64: {x}", .{math.nan(f64)});
    // negative nan is not defined by IEE 754,
    // and ARM thus normalizes it to positive nan
    if (builtin.target.cpu.arch != .arm) {
        try expectFmt("f64: -nan", "f64: {x}", .{-math.nan(f64)});
    }
    try expectFmt("f64: inf", "f64: {x}", .{math.inf(f64)});
    try expectFmt("f64: -inf", "f64: {x}", .{-math.inf(f64)});

    try expectFmt("f64: 0x0.0p0", "f64: {x}", .{@as(f64, 0)});
    try expectFmt("f64: -0x0.0p0", "f64: {x}", .{-@as(f64, 0)});
}

test "float.hexadecimal" {
    try expectFmt("f16: 0x1.554p-2", "f16: {x}", .{@as(f16, 1.0 / 3.0)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 0x1.555556p-2", "f32: {x}", .{@as(f32, 1.0 / 3.0)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0x1.5555555555555p-2", "f64: {x}", .{@as(f64, 1.0 / 3.0)});
    try expectFmt("f80: 0x1.5555555555555556p-2", "f80: {x}", .{@as(f80, 1.0 / 3.0)});
    try expectFmt("f128: 0x1.5555555555555555555555555555p-2", "f128: {x}", .{@as(f128, 1.0 / 3.0)});

    try expectFmt("f16: 0x1p-14", "f16: {x}", .{math.floatMin(f16)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 0x1p-126", "f32: {x}", .{math.floatMin(f32)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0x1p-1022", "f64: {x}", .{math.floatMin(f64)});
    try expectFmt("f80: 0x1p-16382", "f80: {x}", .{math.floatMin(f80)});
    try expectFmt("f128: 0x1p-16382", "f128: {x}", .{math.floatMin(f128)});

    try expectFmt("f16: 0x0.004p-14", "f16: {x}", .{math.floatTrueMin(f16)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 0x0.000002p-126", "f32: {x}", .{math.floatTrueMin(f32)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0x0.0000000000001p-1022", "f64: {x}", .{math.floatTrueMin(f64)});
    try expectFmt("f80: 0x0.0000000000000002p-16382", "f80: {x}", .{math.floatTrueMin(f80)});
    try expectFmt("f128: 0x0.0000000000000000000000000001p-16382", "f128: {x}", .{math.floatTrueMin(f128)});

    try expectFmt("f16: 0x1.ffcp15", "f16: {x}", .{math.floatMax(f16)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 0x1.fffffep127", "f32: {x}", .{math.floatMax(f32)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0x1.fffffffffffffp1023", "f64: {x}", .{math.floatMax(f64)});
    try expectFmt("f80: 0x1.fffffffffffffffep16383", "f80: {x}", .{math.floatMax(f80)});
    try expectFmt("f128: 0x1.ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffp16383", "f128: {x}", .{math.floatMax(f128)});
}

test "float.hexadecimal.precision" {
    try expectFmt("f16: 0x1.5p-2", "f16: {x:.1}", .{@as(f16, 1.0 / 3.0)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 0x1.555p-2", "f32: {x:.3}", .{@as(f32, 1.0 / 3.0)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0x1.55555p-2", "f64: {x:.5}", .{@as(f64, 1.0 / 3.0)});
    try expectFmt("f80: 0x1.5555555p-2", "f80: {x:.7}", .{@as(f80, 1.0 / 3.0)});
    try expectFmt("f128: 0x1.555555555p-2", "f128: {x:.9}", .{@as(f128, 1.0 / 3.0)});

    try expectFmt("f16: 0x1.00000p0", "f16: {x:.5}", .{@as(f16, 1.0)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 0x1.00000p0", "f32: {x:.5}", .{@as(f32, 1.0)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0x1.00000p0", "f64: {x:.5}", .{@as(f64, 1.0)});
    try expectFmt("f80: 0x1.00000p0", "f80: {x:.5}", .{@as(f80, 1.0)});
    try expectFmt("f128: 0x1.00000p0", "f128: {x:.5}", .{@as(f128, 1.0)});
}

test "float.decimal" {
    try expectFmt("f64: 152314000000000000000000000000", "f64: {d}", .{@as(f64, 1.52314e29)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 0", "f32: {d}", .{@as(f32, 0.0)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 0", "f32: {d:.0}", .{@as(f32, 0.0)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 1.1", "f32: {d:.1}", .{@as(f32, 1.1234)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 1234.57", "f32: {d:.2}", .{@as(f32, 1234.567)});
    // -11.1234 is converted to f64 -11.12339... internally (errol3() function takes f64).
    // -11.12339... is rounded back up to -11.1234
    try expectFmt("f32: -11.1234", "f32: {d:.4}", .{@as(f32, -11.1234)});
    try expectFmt("f32: 91.12345", "f32: {d:.5}", .{@as(f32, 91.12345)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 91.1234567890", "f64: {d:.10}", .{@as(f64, 91.12345678901235)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0.00000", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, 0.0)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 6", "f64: {d:.0}", .{@as(f64, 5.700)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 10.0", "f64: {d:.1}", .{@as(f64, 9.999)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 1.000", "f64: {d:.3}", .{@as(f64, 1.0)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0.00030000", "f64: {d:.8}", .{@as(f64, 0.0003)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0.00000", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, 1.40130e-45)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0.00000", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, 9.999960e-40)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 10000000000000.00", "f64: {d:.2}", .{@as(f64, 9999999999999.999)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 10000000000000000000000000000000000000", "f64: {d}", .{@as(f64, 1e37)});
    try expectFmt("f64: 100000000000000000000000000000000000000", "f64: {d}", .{@as(f64, 1e38)});
}

test "float.libc.sanity" {
    try expectFmt("f64: 0.00001", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 916964781))))});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0.00001", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 925353389))))});
    try expectFmt("f64: 0.10000", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 1036831278))))});
    try expectFmt("f64: 1.00000", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 1065353133))))});
    try expectFmt("f64: 10.00000", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 1092616192))))});

    // libc differences
    //
    // This is 0.015625 exactly according to gdb. We thus round down,
    // however glibc rounds up for some reason. This occurs for all
    // floats of the form x.yyyy25 on a precision point.
    try expectFmt("f64: 0.01563", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 1015021568))))});
    // errol3 rounds to ... 630 but libc rounds to ...632. Grisu3
    // also rounds to 630 so I'm inclined to believe libc is not
    // optimal here.
    try expectFmt("f64: 18014400656965630.00000", "f64: {d:.5}", .{@as(f64, @as(f32, @bitCast(@as(u32, 1518338049))))});
}

test "union" {
    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_c) return error.SkipZigTest;

    const TU = union(enum) {
        float: f32,
        int: u32,
    };

    const UU = union {
        float: f32,
        int: u32,
    };

    const EU = extern union {
        float: f32,
        int: u32,
    };

    const tu_inst: TU = .{ .int = 123 };
    const uu_inst: UU = .{ .int = 456 };
    const eu_inst: EU = .{ .float = 321.123 };

    try expectFmt(".{ .int = 123 }", "{}", .{tu_inst});
    try expectFmt(".{ ... }", "{}", .{uu_inst});
    try expectFmt(".{ .float = 321.123, .int = 1134596030 }", "{}", .{eu_inst});
}

test "struct.self-referential" {
    const S = struct {
        const SelfType = @This();
        a: ?*SelfType,
    };

    var inst = S{
        .a = null,
    };
    inst.a = &inst;

    try expectFmt(".{ .a = .{ .a = .{ .a = .{ ... } } } }", "{}", .{inst});
}

test "struct.zero-size" {
    const A = struct {
        fn foo() void {}
    };
    const B = struct {
        a: A,
        c: i32,
    };

    const a = A{};
    const b = B{ .a = a, .c = 0 };

    try expectFmt(".{ .a = .{ }, .c = 0 }", "{}", .{b});
}

/// Encodes a sequence of bytes as hexadecimal digits.
/// Returns an array containing the encoded bytes.
pub fn bytesToHex(input: anytype, case: Case) [input.len * 2]u8 {
    if (input.len == 0) return [_]u8{};
    comptime assert(@TypeOf(input[0]) == u8); // elements to encode must be unsigned bytes

    const charset = "0123456789" ++ if (case == .upper) "ABCDEF" else "abcdef";
    var result: [input.len * 2]u8 = undefined;
    for (input, 0..) |b, i| {
        result[i * 2 + 0] = charset[b >> 4];
        result[i * 2 + 1] = charset[b & 15];
    }
    return result;
}

/// Decodes the sequence of bytes represented by the specified string of
/// hexadecimal characters.
/// Returns a slice of the output buffer containing the decoded bytes.
pub fn hexToBytes(out: []u8, input: []const u8) ![]u8 {
    // Expect 0 or n pairs of hexadecimal digits.
    if (input.len & 1 != 0)
        return error.InvalidLength;
    if (out.len * 2 < input.len)
        return error.NoSpaceLeft;

    var in_i: usize = 0;
    while (in_i < input.len) : (in_i += 2) {
        const hi = try charToDigit(input[in_i], 16);
        const lo = try charToDigit(input[in_i + 1], 16);
        out[in_i / 2] = (hi << 4) | lo;
    }

    return out[0 .. in_i / 2];
}

test bytesToHex {
    const input = "input slice";
    const encoded = bytesToHex(input, .lower);
    var decoded: [input.len]u8 = undefined;
    try std.testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, input, try hexToBytes(&decoded, &encoded));
}

test hexToBytes {
    var buf: [32]u8 = undefined;
    try expectFmt("90" ** 32, "{X}", .{try hexToBytes(&buf, "90" ** 32)});
    try expectFmt("ABCD", "{X}", .{try hexToBytes(&buf, "ABCD")});
    try expectFmt("", "{X}", .{try hexToBytes(&buf, "")});
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidCharacter, hexToBytes(&buf, "012Z"));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.InvalidLength, hexToBytes(&buf, "AAA"));
    try std.testing.expectError(error.NoSpaceLeft, hexToBytes(buf[0..1], "ABAB"));
}

test "positional" {
    try expectFmt("2 1 0", "{2} {1} {0}", .{ @as(usize, 0), @as(usize, 1), @as(usize, 2) });
    try expectFmt("2 1 0", "{2} {1} {}", .{ @as(usize, 0), @as(usize, 1), @as(usize, 2) });
    try expectFmt("0 0", "{0} {0}", .{@as(usize, 0)});
    try expectFmt("0 1", "{} {1}", .{ @as(usize, 0), @as(usize, 1) });
    try expectFmt("1 0 0 1", "{1} {} {0} {}", .{ @as(usize, 0), @as(usize, 1) });
}

test "positional with specifier" {
    try expectFmt("10.0", "{0d:.1}", .{@as(f64, 9.999)});
}

test "positional/alignment/width/precision" {
    try expectFmt("10.0", "{0d: >3.1}", .{@as(f64, 9.999)});
}

test "vector" {
    const vbool: @Vector(4, bool) = [_]bool{ true, false, true, false };
    const vi64: @Vector(4, i64) = [_]i64{ -2, -1, 0, 1 };
    const vu64: @Vector(4, u64) = [_]u64{ 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 };

    try expectFmt("{ true, false, true, false }", "{}", .{vbool});
    try expectFmt("{ -2, -1, 0, 1 }", "{}", .{vi64});
    try expectFmt("{    -2,    -1,    +0,    +1 }", "{d:5}", .{vi64});
    try expectFmt("{ 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 }", "{}", .{vu64});
    try expectFmt("{ 3e8, 7d0, bb8, fa0 }", "{x}", .{vu64});

    const x: [4]u64 = undefined;
    const vp: @Vector(4, *const u64) = [_]*const u64{ &x[0], &x[1], &x[2], &x[3] };
    const vop: @Vector(4, ?*const u64) = [_]?*const u64{ &x[0], null, null, &x[3] };

    var expect_buffer: [@sizeOf(usize) * 2 * 4 + 64]u8 = undefined;
    try expectFmt(try bufPrint(
        &expect_buffer,
        "{{ {}, {}, {}, {} }}",
        .{ &x[0], &x[1], &x[2], &x[3] },
    ), "{}", .{vp});
    try expectFmt(try bufPrint(
        &expect_buffer,
        "{{ {?}, null, null, {?} }}",
        .{ &x[0], &x[3] },
    ), "{any}", .{vop});
}

test "enum-literal" {
    try expectFmt(".hello_world", "{}", .{.hello_world});
}

test "padding" {
    try expectFmt("Simple", "{s}", .{"Simple"});
    try expectFmt("      1234", "{:10}", .{1234});
    try expectFmt("      1234", "{:>10}", .{1234});
    try expectFmt("======1234", "{:=>10}", .{1234});
    try expectFmt("1234======", "{:=<10}", .{1234});
    try expectFmt("   1234   ", "{:^10}", .{1234});
    try expectFmt("===1234===", "{:=^10}", .{1234});
    try expectFmt("====a", "{c:=>5}", .{'a'});
    try expectFmt("==a==", "{c:=^5}", .{'a'});
    try expectFmt("a====", "{c:=<5}", .{'a'});
}

test "decimal float padding" {
    const number: f32 = 3.1415;
    try expectFmt("left-pad:   **3.142\n", "left-pad:   {d:*>7.3}\n", .{number});
    try expectFmt("center-pad: *3.142*\n", "center-pad: {d:*^7.3}\n", .{number});
    try expectFmt("right-pad:  3.142**\n", "right-pad:  {d:*<7.3}\n", .{number});
}

test "sci float padding" {
    const number: f32 = 3.1415;
    try expectFmt("left-pad:   ****3.142e0\n", "left-pad:   {e:*>11.3}\n", .{number});
    try expectFmt("center-pad: **3.142e0**\n", "center-pad: {e:*^11.3}\n", .{number});
    try expectFmt("right-pad:  3.142e0****\n", "right-pad:  {e:*<11.3}\n", .{number});
}

test "padding.zero" {
    try expectFmt("zero-pad: '0042'", "zero-pad: '{:04}'", .{42});
    try expectFmt("std-pad: '        42'", "std-pad: '{:10}'", .{42});
    try expectFmt("std-pad-1: '001'", "std-pad-1: '{:0>3}'", .{1});
    try expectFmt("std-pad-2: '911'", "std-pad-2: '{:1<03}'", .{9});
    try expectFmt("std-pad-3: '  1'", "std-pad-3: '{:>03}'", .{1});
    try expectFmt("center-pad: '515'", "center-pad: '{:5^03}'", .{1});
}

test "null" {
    const inst = null;
    try expectFmt("null", "{}", .{inst});
}

test "type" {
    try expectFmt("u8", "{}", .{u8});
    try expectFmt("?f32", "{}", .{?f32});
    try expectFmt("[]const u8", "{}", .{[]const u8});
}

test "named arguments" {
    try expectFmt("hello world!", "{s} world{c}", .{ "hello", '!' });
    try expectFmt("hello world!", "{[greeting]s} world{[punctuation]c}", .{ .punctuation = '!', .greeting = "hello" });
    try expectFmt("hello world!", "{[1]s} world{[0]c}", .{ '!', "hello" });
}

test "runtime width specifier" {
    const width: usize = 9;
    try expectFmt("~~12345~~", "{d:~^[1]}", .{ 12345, width });
    try expectFmt("~~12345~~", "{d:~^[width]}", .{ .string = 12345, .width = width });
    try expectFmt("    12345", "{d:[1]}", .{ 12345, width });
    try expectFmt("42     12345", "{d} {d:[2]}", .{ 42, 12345, width });
}

test "runtime precision specifier" {
    const number: f32 = 3.1415;
    const precision: usize = 2;
    try expectFmt("3.14e0", "{e:1.[1]}", .{ number, precision });
    try expectFmt("3.14e0", "{e:1.[precision]}", .{ .number = number, .precision = precision });
}

test "recursive format function" {
    const R = union(enum) {
        const R = @This();
        Leaf: i32,
        Branch: struct { left: *const R, right: *const R },

        pub fn format(self: R, writer: *Writer) Writer.Error!void {
            return switch (self) {
                .Leaf => |n| writer.print("Leaf({})", .{n}),
                .Branch => |b| writer.print("Branch({f}, {f})", .{ b.left, b.right }),
            };
        }
    };

    var r: R = .{ .Leaf = 1 };
    try expectFmt("Leaf(1)\n", "{f}\n", .{&r});
}

pub const hex_charset = "0123456789abcdef";

/// Converts an unsigned integer of any multiple of u8 to an array of lowercase
/// hex bytes, little endian.
pub fn hex(x: anytype) [@sizeOf(@TypeOf(x)) * 2]u8 {
    comptime assert(@typeInfo(@TypeOf(x)).int.signedness == .unsigned);
    var result: [@sizeOf(@TypeOf(x)) * 2]u8 = undefined;
    var i: usize = 0;
    while (i < result.len / 2) : (i += 1) {
        const byte: u8 = @truncate(x >> @intCast(8 * i));
        result[i * 2 + 0] = hex_charset[byte >> 4];
        result[i * 2 + 1] = hex_charset[byte & 15];
    }
    return result;
}

test hex {
    {
        const x = hex(@as(u32, 0xdeadbeef));
        try std.testing.expect(x.len == 8);
        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("efbeadde", &x);
    }
    {
        const s = "[" ++ hex(@as(u64, 0x12345678_abcdef00)) ++ "]";
        try std.testing.expect(s.len == 18);
        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("[00efcdab78563412]", s);
    }
}

test "parser until" {
    { // return substring till ':'
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "abc:1234", .i = 0 };
        try testing.expectEqualStrings("abc", parser.until(':'));
    }

    { // return the entire string - `ch` not found
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "abc1234", .i = 0 };
        try testing.expectEqualStrings("abc1234", parser.until(':'));
    }

    { // substring is empty - `ch` is the only character
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = ":", .i = 0 };
        try testing.expectEqualStrings("", parser.until(':'));
    }

    { // empty string and `ch` not found
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "", .i = 0 };
        try testing.expectEqualStrings("", parser.until(':'));
    }

    { // substring starts at index 2 and goes upto `ch`
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "abc:1234", .i = 2 };
        try testing.expectEqualStrings("c", parser.until(':'));
    }

    { // substring starts at index 4 and goes upto the end - `ch` not found
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "abc1234", .i = 4 };
        try testing.expectEqualStrings("234", parser.until(':'));
    }
}

test "parser peek" {
    { // start iteration from the first index
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "hello world", .i = 0 };
        try testing.expectEqual('h', parser.peek(0));
        try testing.expectEqual('e', parser.peek(1));
        try testing.expectEqual(' ', parser.peek(5));
        try testing.expectEqual('d', parser.peek(10));
        try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.peek(11));
    }

    { // start iteration from the second last index
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "hello world!", .i = 10 };

        try testing.expectEqual('d', parser.peek(0));
        try testing.expectEqual('!', parser.peek(1));
        try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.peek(5));
    }

    { // start iteration beyond the length of the string
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "hello", .i = 5 };

        try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.peek(0));
        try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.peek(1));
    }

    { // empty string
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "", .i = 0 };

        try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.peek(0));
        try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.peek(2));
    }
}

test "parser char" {
    // character exists - iterator at 0
    var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "~~hello", .i = 0 };
    try testing.expectEqual('~', parser.char());

    // character exists - iterator in the middle
    parser = .{ .bytes = "~~hello", .i = 3 };
    try testing.expectEqual('e', parser.char());

    // character exists - iterator at the end
    parser = .{ .bytes = "~~hello", .i = 6 };
    try testing.expectEqual('o', parser.char());

    // character doesn't exist - iterator beyond the length of the string
    parser = .{ .bytes = "~~hello", .i = 7 };
    try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.char());
}

test "parser maybe" {
    // character exists - iterator at 0
    var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "hello world", .i = 0 };
    try testing.expect(parser.maybe('h'));

    // character exists - iterator at space
    parser = .{ .bytes = "hello world", .i = 5 };
    try testing.expect(parser.maybe(' '));

    // character exists - iterator at the end
    parser = .{ .bytes = "hello world", .i = 10 };
    try testing.expect(parser.maybe('d'));

    // character doesn't exist - iterator beyond the length of the string
    parser = .{ .bytes = "hello world", .i = 11 };
    try testing.expect(!parser.maybe('e'));
}

test "parser number" {
    // input is a single digit natural number - iterator at 0
    var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "7", .i = 0 };
    try testing.expect(7 == parser.number());

    // input is a two digit natural number - iterator at 1
    parser = .{ .bytes = "29", .i = 1 };
    try testing.expect(9 == parser.number());

    // input is a two digit natural number - iterator beyond the length of the string
    parser = .{ .bytes = "32", .i = 2 };
    try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.number());

    // input is an integer
    parser = .{ .bytes = "0", .i = 0 };
    try testing.expect(0 == parser.number());

    // input is a negative integer
    parser = .{ .bytes = "-2", .i = 0 };
    try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.number());

    // input is a string
    parser = .{ .bytes = "no_number", .i = 2 };
    try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.number());

    // input is a single character string
    parser = .{ .bytes = "n", .i = 0 };
    try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.number());

    // input is an empty string
    parser = .{ .bytes = "", .i = 0 };
    try testing.expectEqual(null, parser.number());
}

test "parser specifier" {
    { // input string is a digit; iterator at 0
        const expected: Specifier = Specifier{ .number = 1 };
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "1", .i = 0 };

        const result = try parser.specifier();
        try testing.expect(expected.number == result.number);
    }

    { // input string is a two digit number; iterator at 0
        const digit: Specifier = Specifier{ .number = 42 };
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "42", .i = 0 };

        const result = try parser.specifier();
        try testing.expect(digit.number == result.number);
    }

    { // input string is a two digit number digit; iterator at 1
        const digit: Specifier = Specifier{ .number = 8 };
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "28", .i = 1 };

        const result = try parser.specifier();
        try testing.expect(digit.number == result.number);
    }

    { // input string is a two digit number with square brackets; iterator at 0
        const digit: Specifier = Specifier{ .named = "15" };
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "[15]", .i = 0 };

        const result = try parser.specifier();
        try testing.expectEqualStrings(digit.named, result.named);
    }

    { // input string is not a number and contains square brackets; iterator at 0
        const digit: Specifier = Specifier{ .named = "hello" };
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "[hello]", .i = 0 };

        const result = try parser.specifier();
        try testing.expectEqualStrings(digit.named, result.named);
    }

    { // input string is not a number and doesn't contain closing square bracket; iterator at 0
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "[hello", .i = 0 };

        const result = parser.specifier();
        try testing.expectError(@field(anyerror, "Expected closing ]"), result);
    }

    { // input string is not a number and doesn't contain closing square bracket; iterator at 2
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "[[[[hello", .i = 2 };

        const result = parser.specifier();
        try testing.expectError(@field(anyerror, "Expected closing ]"), result);
    }

    { // input string is not a number and contains unbalanced square brackets; iterator at 0
        const digit: Specifier = Specifier{ .named = "[[hello" };
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "[[[hello]", .i = 0 };

        const result = try parser.specifier();
        try testing.expectEqualStrings(digit.named, result.named);
    }

    { // input string is not a number and contains unbalanced square brackets; iterator at 1
        const digit: Specifier = Specifier{ .named = "[[hello" };
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "[[[[hello]]]]]", .i = 1 };

        const result = try parser.specifier();
        try testing.expectEqualStrings(digit.named, result.named);
    }

    { // input string is neither a digit nor a named argument
        const char: Specifier = Specifier{ .none = {} };
        var parser: Parser = .{ .bytes = "hello", .i = 0 };

        const result = try parser.specifier();
        try testing.expectEqual(char.none, result.none);
    }
}

test {
    _ = float;
}