
Working with Strings & Standard Functions 245
Table 8.2 String formats with different precision
Sr. No. Statement Output
1.
printf ("%s\n", text);
PRABHAKAR
2.
printf ("%. 5s\n", text);
PRABHA
3. printf ("%.8s\n",te xt); PRABHAKA
4. printf ("%. 15s\n", text); PRABHAKAR
5. Printf (u%-10.4s\n",text);
PRAB
6.
Printf (m i s " , text) ;
PRABHAKAR
Where, the te x t is ' PRABHAKAR'
1) The 1st statement displays the output ' PRABHAKAR'. The entire string can be displayed with
the first statement.
2) We can also specify the precision with character string, which is to be displayed. The precision
is (number of characters to be displayed-) provided aft