# Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
#
# This file is part of Octave.
#
# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
# later version.
#
# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
# for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
# Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.

function retval = printf (fmt, ...)

# usage: printf (fmt, ...)
#
# Formatted write to standard output.
#
# See also: fprintf sprintf

  retval = -1;

  if (nargin > 0)
    retval = fprintf (stdout, fmt, all_va_args);
  else
    usage ("printf (fmt, ...)");
  endif

endfunction