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8.2 Formatted Input/Output

We have been using the I/O built-in functions printf() and scanf() which are the primary routines for formatted output and input in C (the ``f'' stands for formatted). We have already discussed many of the conversion specifications; we now present a more complete description of the formatted I/O functions together with examples. (While our discussion here concerns printf() and scanf(), it applies equally well to conversion specifications for fprintf() and fscanf() described in the next Section.

• 8.2.1 Formatted Output: printf()
• 8.2.2 Formatted Input: scanf()