"%5.3d" in C program language

[ribben89]

What's the meaning of "%5.3d" in C program language?Could someone help me?Thanks so much.

[LegendarySurgeon]

it's a print parameter, I'll break it down for you:

% is the special character letting the printf know, Hey! This is indicating some data you should display
5 indicates that it should display at least 5 characters and will pad with extra blank space on the left (but won't truncate).
.3 indicates that it should display at least 3 numbers and will pad with 0s on the left. If it were a float it would do something different but that's another story.
d indicates that it's printing a signed decimal integer, so

So for example if you tried to printf("%5.3d",5) you would get " 005"

Also, see here: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clib ... io/printf/

[Vivi Hill]

I'm pretty sure this is a spambot. Usually they'll have random questions like this, post in the wrong subforum, and then have a single link to a website.

[LegendarySurgeon]

I'm pretty sure this is a spambot. Usually they'll have random questions like this, post in the wrong subforum, and then have a single link to a website.

Yeah, I figured as much. Though I do find it funny that you posted here just minutes after me but then deleted your post =P