Hi,
Is it possible to write somehow shorter using formatted output and other library functions?

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import std.stdio, std.range;

void main() {

	auto a = iota(100, 201);

	writefln("%(;; %(%s, %),\n%).", [
		a[0 .. 15],
		a[15 .. 30],
		a[30 .. 45],
		a[45 .. 60],
		a[60 .. 75],
		a[75 .. 90],
		a[90 .. $]
	]);
}
-----
;; 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114,
;; 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129,
;; 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144,
;; 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159,
;; 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174,
;; 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189,
;; 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200.

On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 20:10:49 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
> 	writefln("%(;; %(%s, %),\n%).", [
> 		a[0 .. 15],
> 		a[15 .. 30],
> 		a[30 .. 45],
> 		a[45 .. 60],
> 		a[60 .. 75],
> 		a[75 .. 90],
> 		a[90 .. $]
> 	]);

writefln("%(;; %(%s, %),\n%).", a.chunks(15));

On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 20:37:17 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 20:10:49 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
>> 	writefln("%(;; %(%s, %),\n%).", [
>> 		a[0 .. 15],
>> 		a[15 .. 30],
>> 		a[30 .. 45],
>> 		a[45 .. 60],
>> 		a[60 .. 75],
>> 		a[75 .. 90],
>> 		a[90 .. $]
>> 	]);
>
> writefln("%(;; %(%s, %),\n%).", a.chunks(15));

Thanks.

I also want to know whether it is possible to D somehow set the maximum width of the print string in characters?

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void main() {
	import std.stdio, std.range;
	writefln(";; %(%s, %)).", iota(10, 1101));
}
-----

For example, here's the code to Common Lisp which is given by the width of the line is 30 characters:
-----
(let ((a (loop :for i :from 10 :to 1100 :collect i)))
	(format t "~%;;~{ ~<~%;; ~1,30:;~S~>~^,~}.~%" a))
-----
http://ideone.com/hGguge

On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 22:45:39 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
> I also want to know whether it is possible to D somehow set the maximum width of the print string in characters?

I got to do this:

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import std.stdio, std.range, std.conv, std.array;

void formatWidthIotaToStr(ref string formatStr, int[] inputRange) {
	
	formatStr ~= ";;";
	int formatWidth = 30, lenStr = formatStr.length;
	
	foreach (e; inputRange) {
		lenStr += e.text.length;
		if (lenStr < formatWidth) {
			lenStr += 2;
			formatStr ~= ' ', formatStr ~= e.text, formatStr ~= ',';
		}
		else {
			formatStr ~= "\n;; ", formatStr ~= e.text, formatStr ~= ',';
			lenStr = e.text.length + 5;
		}
	}
	
	formatStr.length -= 1;
	formatStr ~= '.';
}

void main() {
	
	auto a = iota(10, 1101).array;
	
	string s;
	
	formatWidthIotaToStr(s, a);
	
	writeln(s);
}
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http://ideone.com/Yoohbk

On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 22:45:39 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
> I also want to know whether it is possible to D somehow set the maximum width of the print string in characters?
>
> -----
> void main() {
> 	import std.stdio, std.range;
> 	writefln(";; %(%s, %)).", iota(10, 1101));
> }
> -----
>
> For example, here's the code to Common Lisp which is given by the width of the line is 30 characters:
> -----
> (let ((a (loop :for i :from 10 :to 1100 :collect i)))
> 	(format t "~%;;~{ ~<~%;; ~1,30:;~S~>~^,~}.~%" a))
> -----
> http://ideone.com/hGguge

Looks like there's std.string.wrap to do that:
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/mgqiji$727$1@digitalmars.com

On Friday, 17 April 2015 at 09:25:43 UTC, Ivan Kazmenko wrote:
> On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 22:45:39 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
>> I also want to know whether it is possible to D somehow set the maximum width of the print string in characters?
>>
>> -----
>> void main() {
>> 	import std.stdio, std.range;
>> 	writefln(";; %(%s, %)).", iota(10, 1101));
>> }
>> -----
>>
>> For example, here's the code to Common Lisp which is given by the width of the line is 30 characters:
>> -----
>> (let ((a (loop :for i :from 10 :to 1100 :collect i)))
>> 	(format t "~%;;~{ ~<~%;; ~1,30:;~S~>~^,~}.~%" a))
>> -----
>> http://ideone.com/hGguge
>
> Looks like there's std.string.wrap to do that:
> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/mgqiji$727$1@digitalmars.com

Yes, it's a lot better but I did not get to concatenate the string ";;" in each paragraph:

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import std.conv, std.stdio, std.range, std.string;

void main() {

	auto a = iota(10, 1101).text;

	a = a[1 .. $ - 1], a ~= '.';

	writeln(wrap(a, 30));
}
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http://ideone.com/jsSbKj

> Yes, it's a lot better but I did not get to concatenate the string ";;" in each paragraph:
>
> -----
> import std.conv, std.stdio, std.range, std.string;
>
> void main() {
>
> 	auto a = iota(10, 1101).text;
>
> 	a = a[1 .. $ - 1], a ~= '.';
>
> 	writeln(wrap(a, 30));
> }
> -----
> http://ideone.com/jsSbKj

	writeln(wrap(a, 30, ";; ", ";; "));

Works with dmd 2.066.1 and 2.067.0.

On Monday, 20 April 2015 at 17:16:21 UTC, Ivan Kazmenko wrote:
> 	writeln(wrap(a, 30, ";; ", ";; "));
>
> Works with dmd 2.066.1 and 2.067.0.

Thanks.