I made this list a while ago (I'm not really sure if I made all of it, but
I do remember choking on some things, but then again...my memory isn't all
that reliable), it may be outdated already,
but I find it to be useful, so maybe you will too.
These can be used in any ANSI compliant printf/scanf function, unless
mentioned otherwise.
Valid conversion types:
d decimal notation
i decimal notation (new ANSI standard extension)
o octal notation
x hexadecimal notation
X hexadecimal notation (upper-case)
u unsigned notation
c character notation
s string notation (argument must be char *)
f floating point notation (normal, fixed-point)
e floating point notation (exponential)
E floating point notation (exponential, upper-case)
g floating point notation (either normal or exponential)
G floating point notation (normal or exponential, upper-case)
p value of a pointer
n number of characters printed so far (outputs to argument)
m string corresponding to value of errno (GNU extension)
% literal `%' character
Each of these is used following a percent sign to indicate the type of
output conversion desired. The following fields may be added between
those two characters.
- left justification in its field
(n) a number specifying minimum field width
. to separate n from m
(m) significant fractional digits for a float
Integer type modifiers:
l to indicate a long
h to indicate a short
L to indicate a long long
ll same as L
q same as L
Z indicate size_t (GNU extension)
Floating point type modifiers:
L indicate long double
General number modifiers:
+ print `+' if value of %i,%d or %f is positive
<spc> print ` ' if %i,%d or %f does not start with `+' or `-'
# for %o prefix leading zero, for %x/%X prefix `0x'/`0X'
for %f always add `.'
' seperate digits into groups (GNU extension)
0 pad field with zeros instead of spaces