3.9.5 WRITEF

U.WRITEF(fd, tmpl, args) ! FDesc,Str,Vec => Num

Format the arguments contained in the vector 'args' using

STR.FORMAT(buffer, tmpl, args)

where 'buffer' is an internal buffer of the length UTIL.BUFLEN. The buffer is then written to the file descriptor 'fd'.

WRITEF returns the number of characters written using T3X.WRITE.