When you have a width specification of 1 (like you do in the second line) the output will be H or T. If you have anything else, the output will be HEADS or TAILS. But first, we need to add the %H ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java printf function helps simplify the task of printing formatted output to the console, ...

Usually, you want to use negative widths for strings and positive widths for numbers. Note that printf reuses the format if it runs out of format specifiers, which in the examples above allows you to ...

To use Java printf to format double and float values with decimal place precision, follow these two rules: Use %f as the double specifier in the text string. Precede the letter f with a decimal and ...

Ok, basically I want a field width specifier, only that repeats something.<BR><BR>Such as say 30 empty spaces in a printf or reapeats "-" 30 times, basically to format output.<BR><BR>Thanks for ...

[Nicholas Carlini] programmed a C implementation of two-player Tic Tac Toe, and he did it in a single call to printf(). The arguments for that single function call get mind-bendingly complex ...