{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/3586","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/3586/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/3586/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/3586/events","html_url":"https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/3586","id":97264236,"number":3586,"title":"please enhance Serial by a printf() method like ANSI C printf!","user":{"login":"VogonJeltz","id":11213519,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11213519?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz","html_url":"https://github.com/VogonJeltz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VogonJeltz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-07-25T22:53:12Z","updated_at":"2015-07-26T21:23:04Z","closed_at":null,"body":"please enhance Serial by a Serial.printf() method like ANSI C printf()!\r\nThe current output features are far too poor!\r\n\r\nSo output should be possible by a formatstring and a multi-format-multiple-argument list, including e.g.,  \r\n```\r\n%d, %ld, %c, %f, %o, %s,  +  -  .number  .*  \\n  \\t  ...\r\n```\r\n\r\njust as shown here:\r\n http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/printf/\r\n\r\nOT:\r\nI'm really curious why this effing code block formatting does not work! What a poor editor!\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/comments/125041726","html_url":"https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/3586#issuecomment-125041726","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/3586","id":125041726,"user":{"login":"q2dg","id":7274874,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7274874?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg","html_url":"https://github.com/q2dg","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/q2dg/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-26T21:23:04Z","updated_at":"2015-07-26T21:23:04Z","body":"This has been discussed a lot in Developer mailist: https://groups.google.com/a/arduino.cc/forum/#!searchin/developers/printf/developers/7KpdLDgFsO0/IdW9tSmnCAQJ"}}