Writing Strings to Screen Using printf( ):

We have used extensively the printf ( ) function with %s format to print strings to the screen. The format %s can be used to display an array of characters that is terminated by the null character. For example, the statement

                                                printf ( “%s”,name);

can be used to display the entire contents of the array name.

We can also specify the precision with which the array is displayed. For instance, the specification

                                                %10.4

indicates that the first four characters are to be printed in a field width of 10 columns.

However, if we include the minus sign in the specification (e.g., %10.4s), the string will be printed left-justified.

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