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printf is a function to print formatted output to the standard output, stdout. The printf function is part of the C standard library, <stdio.h>. printf can be used to format output in different ways.
prinf ( "formatted_string", arguments_list);
- parameters
formatted string is a string that specifies the data to be printed. It can also contain a format specifier to print the value of any variable (such as character and an integer).
argument list is the variable names corresponding to the format specifier.
- return value
printf returns the number of characters printed after the successful execution.
If an error occurs, a negative value is returned.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello World");
return 0;
}