APPENDIX F MORE ON SIMPLE INPUT AND OUTPUT
In this appendix, we provide some further examples of formatted output and consider the input class Console, introduced in Chapter 5.
F.1 FORMATTED OUTPUT
A conversion specification in the format string is introduced with the percent (%) character. Then, there is a series of options to the conversion. The specification ends with the conversion operation expressed as a single character. The general definition for a conversion specification is then:
The optional index is an unsigned integer indicating the position of the parameter in the parameter list. The first argument is referenced by 1$, the second ...
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