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immatryitout
3,154 Pointsquickie question - what is %s referring to within printf?
char eldridge[] = "eldridge"; letter = &eldridge[7]; printf("%c is in %s\n", *letter, eldridge);
what exactly is %s referring to?
3 Answers
Stone Preston
42,016 Points%s refers to a c string.
immatryitout
3,154 Pointsok when is it used? its kinda confusing me.
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsits a format specifier. You use it where you want to print a c string (array of characters). Just like you use %d where you want to print an int, %f for float, etc
immatryitout
3,154 Pointsohhhhhh ok i see thanks