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one question about printf()

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:14 am
by icepeanuts
I tried the code below. The result is "hell". But I do not understand why. Could anyone help me out? Thanks.

System.out.printf("%3.4s\n", "hello world");

Re: one question about printf()

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:57 am
by admin
It is quite straight forward. Please go through this: http://web.cerritos.edu/jwilson/SitePag ... erence.pdf
Please check how width and precision work for strings.

Re: one question about printf()

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:18 pm
by icepeanuts
this is very helpful, thank u.