| %s |
a string |
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| %hi |
short (signed) |
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| %hu |
short (unsigned) |
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| %Lf |
long double |
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| %n |
prints nothing |
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| %d |
a decimal integer (assumes base 10) |
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| %i |
a decimal integer (detects the base automatically) |
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| %o |
an octal (base 8) integer |
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| %x |
a hexadecimal (base 16) integer |
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| %p |
an address (or pointer) |
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| %f |
a floating point number for floats |
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| %u |
int unsigned decimal |
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| %e |
a floating point number in scientific notation |
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| %E |
a floating point number in scientific notation |
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| %% |
the % symbol |
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| \a |
Alarm or Beep |
It is used to generate a bell sound in the C program. |
| \b |
Backspace |
It is used to move the cursor one place backward. |
| \f |
Form Feed |
It is used to move the cursor to the start of the next logical page. |
| \n |
New Line |
It moves the cursor to the start of the next line. |
| \r |
Carriage Return |
It moves the cursor to the start of the current line. |
| \t |
Horizontal Tab |
It inserts some whitespace to the left of the cursor and moves the cursor accordingly. |
| \v |
Vertical Tab |
It is used to insert vertical space. |
| \ |
Backlash |
Use to insert backslash character. |
| \’ |
Single Quote |
It is used to display a single quotation mark. |
| \” |
Double Quote |
It is used to display double quotation marks. |
| \? |
Question Mark |
It is used to display a question mark. |
| \ooo |
Octal Number |
It is used to represent an octal number. |
| \xhh |
Hexadecimal Number |
It represents the hexadecimal number. |
| \0 |
NULL |
It represents the NULL character. |
| \e |
Escape sequence |
It represents the ASCII escape character. |
| \s |
Space Character |
It represents the ASCII space character. |
| \d |
Delete Character |
It represents the ASCII DEL character. |