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printf

Syntax

 
#include <stdio.h>

int printf(const char *format, ...);

Description

Sends formatted output from the arguments (...) to stdout.

The format string contains regular characters to print, as well as conversion specifiers, which begin with a percent symbol. Each conversion speficier contains the following fields:

Return Value

The number of characters written.

Portability

ANSI/ISO C C89; C99 (see note 1) (see note 2)
POSIX 1003.2-1992; 1003.1-2001

Notes:

  1. The hh, j, t and z conversion specifiers first appeared in the ANSI C99 standard.

  2. The D, O and U conversion types are non-standard. gcc may generate warnings, if you use them.

Example

 
printf("%-3d %10.2f%% Percent of %s\n", index, per[index], name[index]);


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