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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Functional Programming in C Conditionals - Switch

Posted by Chrisostomos Kasapis
Chrisostomos Kasapis
1,058 Points

in the printf function what is %d?

%c = char %i= int %f= float

not sure what %d is

Chrisostomos Kasapis
Chrisostomos Kasapis
1,058 Points

Thanks Marc!

2 Answers

kerdeseverin
kerdeseverin
9,688 Points

Here is a list of all the different types. Bookmark it for reference.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Strings/Articles/formatSpecifiers.html

Chrisostomos Kasapis
Chrisostomos Kasapis
1,058 Points

Thanks mate, very helpful

Marc Roelofs
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Marc Roelofs
Courses Plus Student 16,770 Points
Marc Roelofs
Marc Roelofs
Courses Plus Student 16,770 Points

Hi Chrisostomos,

%d is also used for int variables.