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Pankaj Mahato
Pankaj Mahato

Reputation: 1113

How printf works without modifiers?

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
   char string[]="Programming Language";

    printf(string);

    printf("\n%s",string);

    return 0;
}

Output

Programming Language
Programming Language

Why is the output same?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 183

Answers (4)

Serj.by
Serj.by

Reputation: 604

First argument of printf could contains plain text besides modifiers. So basically it equals. %s is useful when you want to include some string inside of other e.g.:

printf ("One Two %s Four Five (%d, %d, %d, %d, %d)", "Three", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

Using %s modifier standalone quite meaningless. Just one thing you should remember - in the case you are not using %s modifier and pass string as a first parameter you should quote % symbol. E.g.:

printf ("I am 100%% sure that it would works!");

So basically instead just single % sign you need to use double % ( %% ). Even in the case you pass it as a variable:

char s [] = "50%% complete";
printf (s);

Hope it makes sence!

Upvotes: 0

Jonathan Wood
Jonathan Wood

Reputation: 67195

They are not the same. The second one includes a new line that is not included in the first one.

If you remove the newline, they will be the same because:

  1. The first version simply prints the contents of string.

  2. The second version uses %s, which is replaced with the contents of string.

Either way, the result would be the same.

Upvotes: 1

Iharob Al Asimi
Iharob Al Asimi

Reputation: 53006

When printf parses the format string it prints the characters that are not format specifiers as they are.

So when it parses "Programming Language" it just echoes each character.

Upvotes: 2

Rizier123
Rizier123

Reputation: 59681

The first printf statement is the same as:

printf("Programming Language");

and your second printf statement is just the same: (Because the 'placeholder' gets replaced with the variable, + a new line at the start)

printf("\nProgramming Language");

So that's why it is the same output

Upvotes: 3

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