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Printf C

Printf C

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"Printf C" chapter gives clear description about how to take input and give output and various format specifiers used. Any language will be finally used to input/output the data from/to the user which shows its success rate. C-language also has input and output functions for taking the data and returning the data from a program. This action requires keyboard for inputting and monitor screen for outputting. As soon as the program starts, compiler gives access to the those devices by using:

Input

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Input in C-language can be given using "scanf()" function. scanf() function requires access over the address of the value entered. & is used for locating the address of the given input. It takes the input form stdin. To read any character, scanf() takes the help of format specifiers.

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In the below example, compiler asks to enter a number and scans it. [c] #include<stdio.h> int main() { int a; printf("Enter a number "); scanf("%d",a); }[/c] Output: [c]Enter a number 5[/c]

Output

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Output in C-language can be given by using "printf()" function. printf() returns the characters taken by it. printf() C function supports two type of characters. The characters need to be placed within the quotes( " " ).

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[c] #include<stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("Welcome to splessons"); return 0; } [/c] Output: [c]Welcome to splessons[/c]

Format specifiers

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Format Specifier Description Supported data types
%d Signed integerint short,unsigned short,int,long
%hi Signed integer(short) short
%hu Unsigned integer(short) unsigned short
%i Signed integer(short) short,unsigned short,int,long
%l or %ld or %li Signed integer long
%lu Unsigned integer unsigned int, unsigned long
%u Unsigned integer(short) unsigned int, unsigned long
%lli,%lld Signed integer(short) long long
%llu Unsigned integer(short) unsigned long long
%o Octal representation of integer(short) short,unsigned short,int,unsigned int,long
%x oor %X Hexadecimal representation of Unsigned integer(short) short,unsigned short,int,unsigned int,long
%c Character char,unsigned char
%p Address of pointer to void void* void*
%s String char*
%e or %E Scientific notatiom of float values float,double
%f Floating point float
%g or %G Similar as %e or %E float,double
%lf Floating point double
%Lf Floating point long double
%n Prints nothing
%% Prints % character

Summary

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"Printf C" chapter draws out following main points.
  • printf() C function is used to print the output.
  • scanf() function reads the input given.
  • Format specifiers helps in finding the inputted data type.

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