Print the List of Format Specifiers in C with Examples and also with Names, Descriptions, & Syntax in C Language. Now the question is what are the format specifiers, and what types of format specifiers In c programming language we need to tell the compiler about the data type what type of data is variable contains, formate specifiers, and use to tell that during input and output operations?

What Are Format Specifiers in C

Formate specifiers tell the compiler that a variable data type, in simple words we can say that we have to provide a piece of additional information to the compiler about the data type, and which type of data is program contains while taking input and output.

So basically use of formate specifiers is Used during scanf() and the printf() operations.

Format Specifiers

So the format specifiers define the data type or type of data. Below are some examples.

Examples: %c, %d, %f, and %lf etc.

What is %s and %d in C?

%s and %d are formate specifiers in C language, %s is used to take an input of string and print the string, String is a group of characters, and %d is used to take an integer as an input and output, %d is equal to the %i. Take a look at the %f format specifier.

Syntax of All Format Specifiers in C Language

• scanf(“%lf”, &Variable_Name );
• printf(“lf”, Variable_Name);

19 List of Format Specifiers in C with Examples

Name	Description	Syntax
%c	Single Character	scanf(“%c”, &Variable_Name );
%s	Strings	scanf(“%s”, &Variable_Name );
%hi	Short(signed)	scanf(“%hi”, &Variable_Name );
%hu	Short(unsigned)	scanf(“%hu”, &Variable_Name );
%l or %ld or %li	Signed Integer(Signed Integer)	scanf(“%l”, &Variable_Name );
%lf	Double	scanf(“%lf”, &Variable_Name );
%LF	Long Double	scanf(“%LF”, &Variable_Name );
%lu	Unsigned integer	scanf(“%lu”, &Variable_Name );
%lli or %lld	Signed Integer(Long Long)	scanf(“%lli”, &Variable_Name );
%llu	Unsigned Integer(unsigned long long )	scanf(“%llu”, &Variable_Name );
%n	Prints Nothing(No Output)	printf(“%n”, Variable_Name );
%d	Decimal Integer(Widely Used)	scanf(“%d”, &Variable_Name );
%o	Octal (Base 8) Integer	scanf(“%o”, &Variable_Name );
%x	Hexadecimal (Base 16) Integer for Unsigned Integer	scanf(“%x”, &Variable_Name );
%p	Address (Or Pointer)	scanf(“%p”, &Variable_Name );
%f	Floating Point Number for Floats	scanf(“%f”, &Variable_Name );
%u	Int Unsigned Decimal Integer	scanf(“%u”, &Variable_Name );
%e or %E	Floating Point Number in Scientific Notation(Float, Double)	scanf(“%e”, &Variable_Name );
%%	Prints % character	printf(“%%”, Variable_Name );

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