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Name: Gigsnerb
Date: April 5, 2002 at 14:45:20 Pacific
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in C i understand that "%d" acts as a placeholder for a value but what does "%4d" mean. Any help appreciated.

Gigsnerb



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Name: Mark
Date: April 5, 2002 at 17:40:03 Pacific
Reply:

the 4 designates how wide the field is to print the integer, for example:

printf("%c%c%c",'A','B','C');
gives: ABC

printf("%2c%3c%4c",'A','B','C');
gives: A B C


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Response Number 2
Name: Mark
Date: April 5, 2002 at 17:41:34 Pacific
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formatting doesn't work well here but there should be 2 and 3 spaces between AB and BC respectively and a space before the A.


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