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

Posted by garrett bavosa
garrett bavosa
140 Points

Printf statement

I need the output to say A ball with a radius of 14.5 inches. I cant figure this out. I need help.

1 Answer

Adam Doyle
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Adam Doyle
Courses Plus Student 681 Points
Adam Doyle
Adam Doyle
Courses Plus Student 681 Points

Hi Garrett

I'm assuming your learning the printf function in C.

Also assuming you have the radius stored in a float variable named radius.

E.g

float radius = 14.5;
printf("A ball with a radius of %.2f inches\n", radius);

The %f is a format specifier that you use in the first argument, control string, of the printf function. When its printed it will be replaced with the current value of a variable of type float. I used .2 here to mean display only 2 decimal places, you could simply use %f and it will have the same result only with a greater number of decimal places.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Adam