GNU Octave
13.2.7 Table of Output Conversions
Here is a table summarizing what all the different conversions do:
- `%d', `%i'
- Print an integer as a signed decimal number. See section 13.2.8 Integer Conversions, for details. `%d' and `%i' are synonymous for
output, but are different when used with
scanf for input
(see section 13.2.13 Table of Input Conversions).
- `%o'
- Print an integer as an unsigned octal number. See section 13.2.8 Integer Conversions, for details.
- `%u'
- Print an integer as an unsigned decimal number. See section 13.2.8 Integer Conversions, for details.
- `%x', `%X'
- Print an integer as an unsigned hexadecimal number. `%x' uses
lower-case letters and `%X' uses upper-case. See section 13.2.8 Integer Conversions, for details.
- `%f'
- Print a floating-point number in normal (fixed-point) notation.
See section 13.2.9 Floating-Point Conversions, for details.
- `%e', `%E'
- Print a floating-point number in exponential notation. `%e' uses
lower-case letters and `%E' uses upper-case. See section 13.2.9 Floating-Point Conversions, for details.
- `%g', `%G'
- Print a floating-point number in either normal (fixed-point) or
exponential notation, whichever is more appropriate for its magnitude.
`%g' uses lower-case letters and `%G' uses upper-case.
See section 13.2.9 Floating-Point Conversions, for details.
- `%c'
- Print a single character. See section 13.2.10 Other Output Conversions.
- `%s'
- Print a string. See section 13.2.10 Other Output Conversions.
- `%%'
- Print a literal `%' character. See section 13.2.10 Other Output Conversions.
If the syntax of a conversion specification is invalid, unpredictable
things will happen, so don't do this. If there aren't enough function
arguments provided to supply values for all the conversion
specifications in the template string, or if the arguments are not of
the correct types, the results are unpredictable. If you supply more
arguments than conversion specifications, the extra argument values are
simply ignored; this is sometimes useful.
