C examples for Language Basics:printf
Preceding g, G, f, E, or e specifiers with a # ensures that there will be a decimal point even if there are no decimal digits.
Preceding the x or X specifier with # causes the hexadecimal number to be printed with a 0x prefix.
Preceding the o specifier with # causes the number to be printed with a leading zero.
Preceding the a specifier with # ensures that a decimal point will be displayed.
The minimum field width and precision specifiers can be provided by arguments to printf() by using an * as a placeholder.
printf( ) will match the * to an argument in the order in which they occur.
The following program illustrates both # and *:
#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("%x %#x\n", 10, 10); printf("%*.*f", 10, 4, 1234.34); return 0;/*from w w w. j a v a 2 s.c o m*/ }