"" ""
testing "printf repeatedly uses pattern for each argv" \
- "${bb}printf '%s\n' foo \$HOME" \
+ "${bb}printf '%s\n' foo '$HOME'" \
"foo\n$HOME\n" \
"" ""
"-5\n""0\n" \
"" ""
+testing "printf handles positive numbers for %d" \
+ "${bb}printf '%d\n' 3 +3 ' 3' ' +3' 2>&1; echo \$?" \
+ "3\n"\
+"3\n"\
+"3\n"\
+"3\n""0\n" \
+ "" ""
+
+testing "printf handles positive numbers for %i" \
+ "${bb}printf '%i\n' 3 +3 ' 3' ' +3' 2>&1; echo \$?" \
+ "3\n"\
+"3\n"\
+"3\n"\
+"3\n""0\n" \
+ "" ""
+
+testing "printf handles positive numbers for %x" \
+ "${bb}printf '%x\n' 42 +42 ' 42' ' +42' 2>&1; echo \$?" \
+ "2a\n"\
+"2a\n"\
+"2a\n"\
+"2a\n""0\n" \
+ "" ""
+
+testing "printf handles positive numbers for %f" \
+ "${bb}printf '%0.3f\n' .42 +.42 ' .42' ' +.42' 2>&1; echo \$?" \
+ "0.420\n"\
+"0.420\n"\
+"0.420\n"\
+"0.420\n""0\n" \
+ "" ""
+
+
# "FIXED" now to act compatibly
## We are "more correct" here than bash/coreutils: they happily print -2
## as if it is a huge unsigned number
testing "printf handles %d bad_input" \
"${bb}printf '%d\n' 1 - 2 bad 3 123bad 4 2>&1; echo \$?" \
-"1\n""printf: -: invalid number\n""0\n"\
-"2\n""printf: bad: invalid number\n""0\n"\
-"3\n""printf: 123bad: invalid number\n""0\n"\
+"1\n""printf: invalid number '-'\n""0\n"\
+"2\n""printf: invalid number 'bad'\n""0\n"\
+"3\n""printf: invalid number '123bad'\n""0\n"\
"4\n""1\n" \
"" ""