What does 'f' represent in "printf" function in C language?

why they used printf instead of print?

What does 'f' represent in "printf" function in C language?
The class of printf functions stands for "print formatted" :)
Reply:print formated.....
Reply:As he said there is a family of functions used for formatted output! printf, fprintf, sprintf, etc!





Don't ask me why they made so many! Ask Dennis Ritchie! printf prints to the standard output so it is the most common one!





I even like printf...print is just too common! printf is original...it is elite :p
Reply:Hi!! f in printf stands for format or formated





At first it may appear that C's basic IO functions look strange compared


to "cin" and "cout". But in fact "scanf" and "printf" are very powerful


tools. The "f" in "printf" and "scanf" stands for "formated". The first


argument to printf is always a string which defines a format. Here's an


example:





int x = 3; int y = 4;


printf("x is %d and y is %d",x,y);