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#### 22.4.2 formatter [Macro]

`formatter` control-string ⇒ function

#### Arguments and Values::

control-string—a format string; not evaluated.

function—a function.

#### Description::

Returns a function which has behavior equivalent to:

      #'(lambda (*standard-output* &rest arguments)
          (apply #'format t control-string arguments)
          arguments-tail)

where arguments-tail is either the tail of arguments which has as its car the argument that would be processed next if there were more format directives in the control-string, or else nil if no more arguments follow the most recently processed argument.

#### Examples::

    (funcall (formatter "~&~A~A") *standard-output* 'a 'b 'c)
     |>  AB
    ⇒  (C)

    (format t (formatter "~&~A~A") 'a 'b 'c)
     |>  AB
    ⇒  NIL

#### Exceptional Situations::

Might signal an error (at macro expansion time or at run time) if the argument is not a valid format string.

#### See Also::

format