“Format” string manipulation

condense

generate maximally compact format string

Usage: condense <format_str>

Examples:

condense "4x86+4x86+4x86+4x86+4x86+4x86+4x86+4x86+4x86+"
# output: 9(4x86+)

Options

-v	verbose mode
-f<str>	read input format string from specified file (default command line)

format2lst

expand format string

Usage: format2lst <format|fmtfile>

Examples:

format2lst "2x3-2+1-2+2-2+1-1+2-1+1-1+1-1+2-1+1-1+1-2+2-1+1-1+2-2+1-2+2-" -e
# output: xx---++-++--++-+--+-+-+--+-+-++--+-+--++--

Options

-w	convert {‘x’ ‘+’ ‘-’} to {0.0 1.0 -1.0}
-e	expand on single line