Re: I found an error in printf
- Posted by xerox_irs at lvcm.com
Feb 27, 2003
the problem is that when a whole bunch of charachters are running through
that statement and every now and then it looks messed up like that. but now
i understand why.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com>
Subject: Re: I found an error in printf
>
> xerox_irs at lvcm.com wrote:
> > printf(1,"Unknown Charachter \"%s\"\n",{13})
> > --<outputs>in 2.3 and 2.4
> > "nknown Charachter "
>
> I'd say that was correct.
> 13 is \r, i.e. carriage return.
> When it's printed, it moves the
> cursor to the left margin, but it does not
> move to the next line. After 13, the next character
> to be printed is " which overwrites the U in Unknown.
> Finally, you output a \n which moves to the next line.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
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