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Absolute Beginner’s Guide to C, 2nd Edition
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Absolute Beginner’s Guide to C, 2nd Edition

by Greg Perry
April 1994
Beginner
432 pages
6h 37m
English
Sams
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4. Can I See Results?

With printf()

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If neither you nor anybody else could see your program’s output, there would be little use for your program! Ultimately, you have to be able to view the results of a program. C’s primary means for output is the printf() function. There is no actual command that performs output, but the printf() function is a part of every C compiler and one of the most-used features of the language.

What printf() Does

In a nutshell, printf() produces output on your screen. As Figure 4.1 shows, ...

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