Advanced uses of printf, scanf

[A. M. Santos R.]

Hi, Can someone provide me a link for learning the complete reference of printf and scanf?
Thanks in advance.

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If you're on a Unix system (or cygwin), just type in a console:

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man 3 printf
man 3 scanf

If not, you can try typing that into google :)

[andmej]

What does the 3 mean?

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It's the section number. Section #3 is about C library functions.
You need to enter it here because section #1 (programs) has an entry about another printf (the program /usr/bin/printf).

See also:

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man man

[A. M. Santos R.]

Thanks. Well, I need some good examples