Well, the first dot along with the 24 (%.24s) 
specifies to printf to print only 24 characters of the
string.

Second dot is a full stop after the string. :-)

-Sumit

--- _z33 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm not able to understand the usage of dots (inside
> the printf's 
> arguments) in the following code. Please enlighten
> me!
> 
>       [code]
>       #include <stdio.h>
>       #include <time.h>
>       
>       main()
>       {       
>               time_t now;
>                       
>               time(&now);
>               printf("It's %.24s.\n", ctime(&now));
>               
>               system ("PAUSE");
>               return 0;
>       }
>       [/code]
> 
> _z33
> -- 
> I love TUX; well... that's an understatement :)
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