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+;;;; Make a macro that is like C's printf statement
+
+(defmacro printf (string &rest vars)
+  `(format t ,(printf-to-format string) ,@vars))
+
+(defun replace-all (string part replacement &key (test #'char=))
+  "Returns a new string in which all the occurences of the part 
+is replaced with replacement."
+  (with-output-to-string (out)
+    (loop with part-length = (length part)
+          for old-pos = 0 then (+ pos part-length)
+          for pos = (search part string
+                            :start2 old-pos
+                            :test test)
+          do (write-string string out
+                           :start old-pos
+                           :end (or pos (length string)))
+          when pos do (write-string replacement out)
+          while pos)))
+
+(defun printf-to-format (string &optional
+				  (printf-format '("%s" "%d" "%x" "%f" "%u" "\n"))
+				  (lisp-format '("~A" "~D" "~X" "~F" "~D" "~%")))
+  "Convert printf sytax to format syntax"
+  (cond ((NULL printf-format) (return-from printf-to-format string))
+	(T (printf-to-format (replace-all string
+					  (car printf-format)
+					  (car lisp-format))
+			     (cdr printf-format)
+			     (cdr lisp-format))))
+ )
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