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Portability: | ISO/ANSI C conforming, UNIX compatible |
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SYNOPSIS |
#include <stdio.h> int printf(const char *format, var1, var2, ...);
DESCRIPTION |
printf
writes output to the standard output stream under the control of the string
addressed by
format
. In the argument list
following
format
, there may be one or more
additional arguments whose values are to be formatted and transmitted.
The string pointed to by
format
is in the same form as that used by
fprintf
. Refer to the description for
fprintf for detailed information concerning the
formatting conversions.
RETURN VALUE |
printf
returns the number of characters transmitted to
stdout
.
DIAGNOSTICS |
If there is an error during output,
printf
returns a negative value.
IMPLEMENTATION |
printf
is identical to
fprintf
with
stdout
as the output file.
EXAMPLE |
This example displays a number of integer
and floating-point values using different
printf
formats to contrast the behavior of these formats:
#include <stdio.h> int values[] = { 0, 25, 1048576, -1, 6000}; double fvalues[] = { 13, 55555.5, .00034562, 14.99999816, -6.37e11}; main() { int i; /* Label the output columns. */ printf("Integral formats:\n%-15s%-15s%-15s%-15s%-15s\n\n", "%d", "%+.5d", "%u", "%#o", "%x"); /* Note: All formats include a "-15" specification to */ /* force them to appear in 15 columns, left-justified. */ for(i = 0; i < sizeof(values)/sizeof(int); ++i) printf("%-15d%+-15.5d%-15u%-#15o%-15x\n", values[i],values[i],values[i],values[i], values[i]); printf("\nFloating-point formats: \n%-16s%-16s%-16s%-16s%-16s\n\n", "%.5e", "%.8e", "%.8g", "%#.8g", "%.5f"); /* Note: All formats include a "-16" specification to */ /* force them to appear in 16 columns, left-justified. */ for(i = 0; i < sizeof(fvalues)/sizeof(double); ++i) printf("%-16.5e%-16.8e%-16.8g%-#16.8g%-16.5f\n", fvalues[i],fvalues[i],fvalues[i],fvalues[i], fvalues[i]); }
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