printf

function to print a string according to a format string, introduced in the C programming language but supported by many languages
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printf

Summary

printf is a subroutine[1]. printf draws 156 Wikipedia views per month (subroutine category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • printf's image is recorded as Printf.svg[3].
  • printf's instance of is recorded as subroutine[4].
  • printf's part of is recorded as C standard library[5].
  • printf's part of is recorded as C++ Standard Library[6].
  • printf's part of is recorded as C POSIX library[7].
  • printf's part of is recorded as Java Platform, Standard Edition[8].
  • printf's part of is recorded as stdio.h[9].
  • printf's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dscj[10].
  • printf's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/printf[11].
  • printf's different from is recorded as printf[12].
  • printf's uses is recorded as printf format string[13].
  • printf's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/printf[14].
  • printf's man page is recorded as printf.3[15].

Body

Publication

Part of include C standard library[5]; C++ Standard Library[6], a standard library[16]; C POSIX library[7]; Java Platform, Standard Edition[8], a computing platform[17]; and stdio.h[9], a C header file[18].

Why It Matters

printf draws 156 Wikipedia views per month (subroutine category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] printf has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] printf is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . docs.oracle.com. Retrieved . docs.oracle.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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