Output in Printf

[agoswami]

Hi,
Could anyone explain me following output in C.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()

{
char str[]="Zingle Bell Zingle Bell";
printf("%.#s %2s ,str ,str);

}

[S6k9GNh0]

That doesn't compile. There isn't output at all, other than the compiler error.

[maikel]

he just forgot a second "
meant is:

#include <cstdio>
int main()
{
    char str[]="Zingle Bell Zingle Bell";
    printf("%.#s %2s", str, str);
}

[S6k9GNh0]

It prints out a minimum of 2 characters of the character string, str. I don't see an immediate way of limiting the number of characters you want printed if that's what your looking for.

#include <cstdio>
int main()
{
    char str[]="Zingle";
    printf("%.#s %15s", str, str);
}

This gives an example of what it does when minimum actually does something useful..
http://codepad.org/7sC6nAtg

[agoswami]

I could not understand the first string out. Why is it printing only first two character of the string

[agoswami]

Could anyone point me reason if it not wrong question.