conversion charecter

[santoshramancha]

Hi all,
what is a conversion charecter and why and where it is used?

[weaknessforcats]

I have never heard of a conversion character. Do you mean a conversion operator? Or maybe a conversion constructor?

[santoshramancha]

I have never heard of a conversion character. Do you mean a conversion operator? Or maybe a conversion constructor?

hi weaknessforcats .ya sorry to say this,i too had never herd about conversion charecter but i got a question about this in an exam and still i dont know what it is.....
thats why i posted this.
any way thanks weaknessforcats

[santoshramancha]

these are the question i got.....please answer
1. The meaning of conversion character for data input is
a.Data item is a long integer
b.Data item is an unsigned decimal integer
c.Data item is a short integer
d.None of the above

2. The conversion characters for data input means that the data item is
a.An unsigned decimal integer
b.A short integer
c.A hexadecimal integer
d.A string followed by white space

[weaknessforcats]

This looks like the values you use in a printf() or scanf(). You know, where %c is a char and %d is and integer. Maybe that's what was meant.

I'm just guessing.

It appears to be a poor question.