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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Pointers and Memory Pointer Power

Soumyadeep Ganguly
Soumyadeep Ganguly
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Posted by Soumyadeep Ganguly
Soumyadeep Ganguly
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Pointer Power Video Question

At the end of the video when Doug shows us how to use pointers in an array, he introduces a new reference " %s ". Somehow, the explanation behind using the reference point was missed by him during the video.

Can anyone please explain to me what "%s" refers to exactly?

Thank you.

2 Answers

Ben Rubin
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Ben Rubin
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Ben Rubin
Ben Rubin
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That's the format specifier for printf to print a string (in other words, a character array).