quick guide

Printing of Strings in C language:

The format specification for outting strings
is of the form %w.ps
where w specifies width for display and p
instructs that only the first p characters of
string are to be displayed.The display is right
-justified.
The following examples show the effect of a
variety of specifications in printing a string
"NEW DELHI
110001", containing 16
(including blanks).

Specification & Output:


1) %s

N

E

W

D

E

L

H

I

1

1

0

0

0

1

2) %20s












L

N

E

W

D

E

H

I

1

1

0

0

0

1

3) %20.10s

N

E

W

D

E

L

H

I

4) %.5S

N

E

W

D

5) %-20.10s

N

E

W

D

E

L

H

I

6) %5s

N

E

W

D

E

L

H

I

1

0

0

0

1