Re: [PLUG] C Question (Off Topic?)

[Christopher Shanahan <cshanahan@comcast.net>]

Thanks to all!  That's why I love Linux lists so much. Everybody just wants
to help everybody else. Never even thought about 'man printf'. Thanks.

Chris Shanahan

On Monday 15 September 2003 15:05, Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 14:58, Christopher Shanahan wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm a beginner trying to learn C and I have a question. I realize this
> > isn't a C mailing list, however, I know there are a lot of programmers on
> > this list and I'd rather post here than somewhere else. I hope you don't
> > mind.
> >
> > I want to use the % symbol as part of a string literal within a printf()
> > statement. The % symbol is used as a conversion specifier, such as %d,
> > indicating a decimal integer. I understand this. What I can't seem to
> > find--in my many books--is how to use the % symbol as part of a string.
> >     printf("Congratulations. You saved 20%.\n");
>
> printf( "Congratulations. You saved 20%%.\n");
>
> --
> Toby

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