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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Functional Programming in C Conditionals - If-Else

Joe Voll
Joe Voll
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Posted by Joe Voll
Joe Voll
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What are %c and %d?

I'm confused by %c and %d. Can we assign any letter to the % or does it have to be "c" and "d"? Do "c" and "d" signify something?

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Dylan Shine
Dylan Shine
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Dylan Shine
Dylan Shine
17,565 Points

The % Format Specifiers

The % specifiers that you can use in ANSI C are:

Usual variable type Display

%c char single character

%d (%i) int signed integer

%e (%E) float or double exponential format

%f float or double signed decimal

%g (%G) float or double use %f or %e as required

%o int unsigned octal value

%p pointer address stored in pointer

%s array of char sequence of characters

%u int unsigned decimal

%x (%X) int unsigned hex value