What is %.2f? Why is it not just %f? Is there some additional calculation happening? The half function already does all the calculations including splitting the bill, so I’m not sure what %.2f is.
(Btw why is this code not formatting correctly in lemmy?)
#include
#include
float half(float bill, float tax, int tip);
int main(void)
{
float bill_amount = get_float("Bill before tax and tip: ");
float tax_percent = get_float("Sale Tax Percent: ");
int tip_percent = get_int("Tip percent: ");
printf("You will owe $%.2f each!\n", half(bill_amount, tax_percent, tip_percent));
}
// TODO: Complete the function
float half(float bill, float tax, int tip)
{
bill += (bill * (tax / 100.0));
bill += (bill * (tip / 100.0));
bill /= 2;
return bill;
}
If you want multi-line code, you need to put it like this:
For these kinds of questions, your best friend is the documentation. In particular, a man 'printf(3)' yields:
Format of the format string
The format string is a character string, beginning and ending in its initial shift state, if any. The format string is composed of zero or more directives: ordinary characters (not %), which are copied unchanged to the output stream; and conversion
specifications, each of which results in fetching zero or more subsequent arguments. Each conversion specification is introduced by the character %, and ends with a conversion specifier. In between there may be (in this order) zero or more flags, an
optional minimum field width, an optional precision and an optional length modifier.
The overall syntax of a conversion specification is:
If anyone else is wondering why the 3 is there, it’s because usually you won’t find just one printf. You have the printf user command, the printf function from the standard C library, and POSIX manual entries for both the printf user command and C function. The id number is then an identifier for the corresponding section of the printf entry, and you can list all of them by doing a man -f printf.
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If you want multi-line code, you need to put it like this:
For these kinds of questions, your best friend is the documentation. In particular, a
man 'printf(3)'yields:Wouldn’t
man 3 printfdo the same thing without the quotes?Yup that definitely does the same thing.
If anyone else is wondering why the
3is there, it’s because usually you won’t find just oneprintf. You have theprintfuser command, theprintffunction from the standard C library, and POSIX manual entries for both theprintfuser command and C function. The id number is then an identifier for the corresponding section of theprintfentry, and you can list all of them by doing aman -f printf.Nit: 3 is the manual section in which to look for the named entry (aka page), not a section of the entry.
Wrote it in an awkward way but yeah I meant to say the section where you can find the corresponding entry 😬
Awesome, I think I’m gonna consider aliasing
mantoman -flol. Can you think of any compelling reason not to?Actually, nevermind, I misunderstood you.
-fjust lists the pages, it doesn’t print all of their content.Wait, you can use
manon C functions?Yup! Try also
man malloc😁Nice :)
Back in my day, MS-DOS let you use
HELPon QBASIC commands.On libc functions yes. Maybe on some from other libs, if they provide man pages.
That’s nice.
You can if you have those man pages installed.
You might also enjoy
man ascii,man operator, or evenman intro.Unfortunately, there are still some gaps: