nested printf

[soorajk007@gmail.com]

Hi friends,

Can u plz tell me why
printf("%d",pri ntf(" Hello World "));
prints Hello World13.
Please explain the concept in detail.

Thanks
Sooraj

[Bill Pursell]

Re: nested printf


soorajk...@gmai l.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi friends,
>
> Can u plz tell me why
> printf("%d",pri ntf(" Hello World "));
> prints Hello World13.
> Please explain the concept in detail.[/color]
[color=blue]
>From the man page for printf:[/color]
Upon successful return, these functions return the number of
characters printed ...

The inner printf printf " Hello World " and returns the number of
characters printed, namely 13. The outer printf then prints "13".

[void * clvrmnky()]

Re: nested printf

soorajk007@gmai l.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Can u plz tell me why
> printf("%d",pri ntf(" Hello World "));
> prints Hello World13.
> Please explain the concept in detail.
>[/color]
Didn't someone asked this very question in this newsgroup recently? I
recall because I had never seen this construct before, though the answer
did not surprise me in the least.

[SM Ryan]

Re: nested printf

soorajk007@gmai l.com wrote:
# Hi friends,
#
# Can u plz tell me why
# printf("%d",pri ntf(" Hello World "));
# prints Hello World13.
# Please explain the concept in detail.

Lisp serialisation.

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