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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Fundamentals of C Variables

AJ Thomas
AJ Thomas
249 Points
Posted by AJ Thomas
AJ Thomas
249 Points

How do I do this ?

The variable printf float thing it's confusing

1 Answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Andrew,

You can print out the value of a float using the special %f placeholder in the string and passing in the radius variable as a secondary parameter, see the below.

printf("A ball with a radius of %f inches", radius);