@rajeev http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/scanf/ http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/printf/
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:39 PM, rajeev bharshetty <rajeevr...@gmail.com>wrote: > @ Piyush Could u provide the link to some source , because i am still > unclear about the above concept . > > Regards > Rajeev N B > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Piyush Sinha <ecstasy.piy...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> there is no as such logic behind it..its just the format specifier... >> >> u must be knowing printf returns the number of values it has printed(u can >> check that) >> >> now, in printf if u write like *printf("%7s","a"), *it will create 7 >> columns for the output and print a in the last column and the returned value >> of this printf will be 7..(u can check it) >> >> now if u write *printf("%*s",7,"a")* then u r giving additional >> information of format specifier i.e 7..returned value of this printf is also >> 7. >> >> Hence the above logic..hope I am able to clarify it...:) >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Anika Jain <anika.jai...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> i mean how it working actually? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Anika Jain <anika.jai...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> hey ya its working :) but whats the logic behind it?? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Piyush Sinha <ecstasy.piy...@gmail.com >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> sorry by mistake i added it in scanf situation.. >>>>> actually this type of specifier can be used with printf statement for >>>>> finding the sum... >>>>> >>>>> look at the code below.... >>>>> >>>>> main() >>>>> { >>>>> int a=9; >>>>> int b=3; >>>>> printf("%d\n",printf("%*s%*s",a,"",b,"")); >>>>> system("pause"); >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> On 6/23/11, Anika Jain <anika.jai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > thanx .. can u explain me how this is used in finding sum of 2 vars >>>>> without >>>>> > using + ?? >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Piyush Sinha >>>>> > <ecstasy.piy...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> >> An asterisk indicates that the data is to be retrieved from the use >>>>> >> but ignored, i.e. it is not stored in the corresponding >>>>> >> argument...hence the third value entered gets stored for b and for c >>>>> >> the output comes to garbage value.... >>>>> >> >>>>> >> One beautiful application of such type of implementation is in >>>>> finding >>>>> >> the sum of 2 variables without using + operator..:) >>>>> >> >>>>> >> On 6/23/11, Anika Jain <anika.jai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >> > int main() >>>>> >> > { >>>>> >> > int a,b, c; >>>>> >> > scanf("%d%*d%d",&a,&b,&c); >>>>> >> > printf("%d %d %d",a,b,c); >>>>> >> > } >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > output: 25 35 garbage >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > how is it happening?? 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