You probably want `<a name="(dep._((lib._racket/private/base..rkt)._real-~3edecimal-string))"></a><a name="(def._((lib._racket/private/base..rkt)._real-~3edecimal-string))"></a><a href="http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/generic-numbers.html?q=real&q=number#%28def._%28%28lib._racket/private/base..rkt%29._real-%7E3edecimal-string%29%29" class="RktValLink">real->decimal-string</a>' Maybe it would be a good idea in the `format' page to add a pointer to that function? Laurent <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 07:58, Manfred Lotz <<a href="mailto:manfred.lotz@arcor.de">manfred.lotz@arcor.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi there, Common Lisp has format to print stuff like for example: > (format t "~,5f" pi) 3.14159 I found format and printf but they seem to be a bit poor in term of printing capabilities. Is there anything similar to CL's format in Racket? -- Manfred _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users</a> </blockquote></div>