Data Structure Using C

Appendix B

Table of Format Specifiers

Format Specified	Meaning
c	data item is a single character
d	data item is a decimal integer
e	data item is a floating point value
f	data item is a floating point value
g	data item is a floating point value
h*	data item is a short integer
i	data item is a decimal, hexadecimal or octal integer
o	data item is a octal integer
s	data item is a string followed by a white space
u	data item is a is an unsigned decimal integer
x	data item is a hexadecimal integer
[…]*	data item is a string which may include while space characters

*Only applicable for data input i.e for scanf() function.