dnl @ ../doc/m4.texinfo:3627: Origin of test
dnl @ Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation
dnl @ This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl @ gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it
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define(`foo', `The brown fox jumped over the lazy dog')
dnl @result{}
format(`The string "%s" uses %d characters', foo, len(foo))
dnl @result{}The string "The brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" uses 38 characters
format(`%.0f', `56789.9876')
dnl @result{}56790
len(format(`%-*X', `300', `1'))
dnl @result{}300