Talk:C (programming language)/Archive 17: Difference between revisions

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:* They are not irrelevant, and both are already mentioned in the first paragraph of the ''Data Types'' section. This article is already quite long for wikipedia ([[WP:TOOLONG]]), repeating information is not an improvement. Your tutorial-like sections on basic types only made the article less readable. The article should not be a language tutorial ([[WP:NOTTEXTBOOK]]). [[User:Fbergo|Fbergo]] ([[User talk:Fbergo|talk]]) 14:39, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

== Assuming incorrect use of print formatted in an example ==

Based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:C_(programming_language)/Archive_8#%22Hello,_world%22_example as referenced in the current page (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C_(programming_language)&diff=930286305&oldid=930286262) as:

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<syntaxhighlight lang="c">

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)

{

printf("hello, world\n");

}

</syntaxhighlight>

Looks like wrong use of pritnf where

print formatted (printf) is designed to work with a provided format as referenced on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf_format_string#Syntax meaning that the correct code should look like:

<syntaxhighlight lang="c">

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)

{

printf("%s\n", "Hello world");

// ^^^^^^ - Notice format string for printf used

}

</syntaxhighlight>

This should be updated for all printf mensions in this article.

--[[User:Kreyren|Kreyren]] ([[User talk:Kreyren|talk]]) 23:19, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

:A printf format string need not have parameter format specifications. Adding them where not needed is distracting to the reader. --[[User:A D Monroe III|A&#8239;D&#8239;Monroe&#8239;III]]^{([[User talk:A D Monroe III#top|talk]])} 00:56, 26 June 2020 (UTC)