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General Discussion Objective-C Basics (Retired) Fundamentals of C Variables

Posted by Vikram Pal
Vikram Pal
Courses Plus Student 80 Points

Printf

What is wrong here? Still on the first challenge.

float radius = 14.5;

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

1 Answer

eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points
eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points

You forgot "inches" after the format specifier (%f), so your format string should read like this:

printf("A ball with a radius of %f inches.", radius);
Vikram Pal
Vikram Pal
Courses Plus Student 80 Points

Thank you for the quick response! Much appreciated.