diff --git a/education/software development/ECE1400/C.md b/education/software development/ECE1400/C.md index 3c8f51f..8687542 100644 --- a/education/software development/ECE1400/C.md +++ b/education/software development/ECE1400/C.md @@ -30,4 +30,13 @@ A variable must be declared before it is assigned. | Specifier | Function | | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `%d` | Display an integer | -| `%f` | Display a float. Specify the number of places to round to by adding a decimal and a number, eg `%.2f` would round to two decimal places. | \ No newline at end of file +| `%f` | Display a float. Specify the number of places to round to by adding a decimal and a number, eg `%.2f` would round to two decimal places. | +For number formatting specifiers, the convention is as follows: +`%-a.bX` +`%`: Start of the formatting specifier +`-`: (optional) If included, justify value left in space. Otherwise, justify right in space +`a`: (optional) If included, the size of the field in characters. +`.`: Separator between `a` and `b`. Optional if `b` is not specified +`b`: The number of decimal places to round to +`X`: The type of format to use, and the end of the specifier. Use `d` for integer base 10 (decimal) representation, `f` for fixed point decimal, and `e` for exponential notation +# Standard library \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 3 Exercises.md b/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 3 Exercises.md index 474cbaa..a1031e5 100644 --- a/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 3 Exercises.md +++ b/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 3 Exercises.md @@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ d. `1e-06 ` ```c float x = 0.12345; // a -printf("%-8.1f", x); +printf("%-8.1e", x); // b -printf("%10.6f", x); +printf("%10.6e", x); // c printf("%8.3f", x); // d -printf("%-6.0g", x); +printf("%-6.0f", x); ``` -c. \ No newline at end of file + +# 3.