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What are printf conversion characters and their types?
The use of printf is to print out a string with no blank fields to be filled.
For example,
printf ("An ordinary string..");
printf ("Testing 1,2,3...");The next simplest case that has been used before now is to print out a single integer number.
int number = 48;
printf ("%d",number);The two can be combined as shown below −
int number = 48;
printf ("Some number = %d",number);The result of this last example is to print out the following on the screen −
Some number = 48
Here is a list of the different letters for printf −
- d − signed denary integer
- u − unsigned denary integer
- x − hexadecimal integer
- o − octal integer
- s − string
- c − single character
- f − fixed decimal floating point
- e − scientific notation floating point
- g − use f or e, whichever is shorter
Example
Following is the C program for the use of printf conversion characters and types −
/* printf Conversion Characters and Types */
#include <stdio.h>
main (){
int i = -10;
unsigned int ui = 10;
float x = 3.56;
double y = 3.52;
char ch = ’z’;
char *string_ptr = "any old string";
printf ("signed integer %d
", i);
printf ("unsigned integer %u
",ui);
printf ("This is wrong! %u",i);
printf ("See what happens when you get the ");
printf ("character wrong!");
printf ("Hexadecimal %x %x
",i,ui);
printf ("Octal %o %o
",i,ui);
printf ("Float and double %f %f
",x,y);
printf (" ditto %e %e
",x,y);
printf (" ditto %g %g
",x,y);
printf ("single character %c
",ch);
printf ("whole string -> %s",string_ptr);
}Output
When the above program is executed, it produces the following result −
signed integer -10 unsigned integer 10 This is wrong! 4294967286See what happens when you get the character wrong!Hexadecimal fffffff6 a Octal 37777777766 12 Float and double 3.560000 3.520000 ditto 3.560000e+000 3.520000e+000 ditto 3.56 3.52 single character z whole string -> any old string
Updated on: 01-Sep-2021
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