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5.5 Using `printf' Statements for Fancier Printing
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For more precise control over the output format than what is provided
by `print', use `printf'. With `printf' you can specify the width to
use for each item, as well as various formatting choices for numbers
(such as what output base to use, whether to print an exponent, whether
to print a sign, and how many digits to print after the decimal point).
You do this by supplying a string, called the "format string", that
controls how and where to print the other arguments.
Menu
* Basic Printf Syntax of the `printf' statement.
* Control Letters Format-control letters.
* Format Modifiers Format-specification modifiers.
* Printf Examples Several examples.
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