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C Language #03: Some Often-Used Format Specifiers For Printf

This document provides a summary of common format specifiers for printf() and scanf() in C language. For printf(), specifiers like %d print decimal integers, %c prints single characters, and %s prints strings. For scanf(), specifiers like %c read single characters, %d reads decimal integers, and %s reads strings. The format specifiers allow printing and reading different data types in a standardized way.

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C Language #03: Some Often-Used Format Specifiers For Printf

This document provides a summary of common format specifiers for printf() and scanf() in C language. For printf(), specifiers like %d print decimal integers, %c prints single characters, and %s prints strings. For scanf(), specifiers like %c read single characters, %d reads decimal integers, and %s reads strings. The format specifiers allow printing and reading different data types in a standardized way.

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C LANGUAGE #03

some often-used format specifiers


for printf()
Used for Used for
Format Format
specifier specifier
Print a decimal integer To print a unsigned decimal integer
%d %u
Print a single character Print a unsigned octal decimal
%c %o integer
Print a string Print a unsigned hexadecimal integer
%s %x using a,b,c,d,e,f
Print a floating-point Print a floating point number in
%f number %e exponential format
Print a pointer in To print %
%p hexadecimal format %%

For scanf()

Used for
Used for
Format Format
specifier specifier
Read a single character Read an unsigned hexadecimal
%c %x,%X integer
Read a signed decimal Read a floating-point number
%d integer %e,%E
Read a signed integer, base is decided Read a floating-point number
%i by prefix of the input
number,0x→hexadecimal,0→octal,
%g,%G
otherwise read a signed decimal integer
Read a unsigned decimal Read a string
%u integer %s
Read a unsigned octal Read a floating-point number
%o integer %f

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