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What does %.1f print for 87.5?

Short answer. 87.5.

In what order do values fill the placeholders?

Left to right, in order.

Remember

%d int
%c char
%f float, filled in order

Percent d, percent c, percent f. What do they mean? They are placeholders. Percent d takes an int. Percent c takes a char. Percent f takes a decimal. Percent d int. Percent c char. Percent f float. Values fill in order.

This clip is from the full lesson: Input and Output in C: printf and scanf — 7 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.

Useful for: GSEB Std 10 Computer Studies, Programming All levels C

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