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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.
 

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* 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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