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Kortney Field
14,090 Pointswhat is %n again?
Just need a explanation reminder of what is %n and how is it different from %s.
1 Answer

Steven Parker
227,114 PointsThose are both placeholder tokens used in output formatting. The "%s" represents a string to be substituted using a value from another argument, and "%n" represents a line separator (new line).
Kortney Field
14,090 PointsKortney Field
14,090 Pointsnew line isn't \n?
Steven Parker
227,114 PointsSteven Parker
227,114 PointsThe online documentation says that "%n" is a platform-independent newline.
"You should always use %n, rather than \n."