Printing and Inputting Variables, Printf() and Scanf() Using
C uses formatted output. The printf function has a special formatting character (%) -- a character following this defines a certain format for a variable:
%c -- characters
%d -- integers
%f -- floats
e.g. printf(â%c %d %fâ,ch,i,x);
NOTE: Format statement is enclosed in ``...'', variables follow after. Make sure order of format and variable data types match up.
scanf() is the function for inputting values to a data structure: Its format is similar to printf:
i.e. scanf(â%c %d %fâ,&ch,&i,&x);
NOTE: & before variables. Please accept this for now and remember to include it. It is to do with pointers which we will meet later.