{"id":32116,"date":"2023-01-26T20:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T20:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:06:00","slug":"solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &#8220;5 53&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-31147851\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"31147851\" data-parentid=\"31147804\" data-score=\"15\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>The return value of <code>printf<\/code> is the<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>number of characters transmitted to the output stream<\/em> or negative value if an output error or an encoding error (for string and character conversion specifiers) occurred<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.cppreference.com\/w\/c\/io\/fprintf\">here<\/a>, emphasis mine) and &#8220;5 5&#8221; are <em>three<\/em> characters (namely &#8220;five space five&#8221;). So the last number printed is 3.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\"><\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Why does this nested printf statement print &#8220;5 53&#8221;? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The return value of printf is the number of characters transmitted to the output stream or negative value if an output error or an encoding error (for string and character conversion specifiers) occurred (from here, emphasis mine) and &#8220;5 5&#8221; are three characters (namely &#8220;five space five&#8221;). So the last number printed is 3. &#8230; <a title=\"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &#8220;5 53&#8221;?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/\" aria-label=\"More on [Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &#8220;5 53&#8221;?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320],"tags":[324],"class_list":["post-32116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solved","tag-c"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &quot;5 53&quot;? - JassWeb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &quot;5 53&quot;? - JassWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad_1] The return value of printf is the number of characters transmitted to the output stream or negative value if an output error or an encoding error (for string and character conversion specifiers) occurred (from here, emphasis mine) and &#8220;5 5&#8221; are three characters (namely &#8220;five space five&#8221;). So the last number printed is 3. ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JassWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-26T15:06:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kirat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kirat\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kirat\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/65c9c7b7958150c0dc8371fa35dd7c31\"},\"headline\":\"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &#8220;5 53&#8221;?\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-26T15:06:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/\"},\"wordCount\":68,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"c++\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Solved\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/\",\"name\":\"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print \\\"5 53\\\"? - JassWeb\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-26T15:06:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &#8220;5 53&#8221;?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/\",\"name\":\"JassWeb\",\"description\":\"Build High-quality Websites\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jass Web\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jass-website-logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jass-website-logo-1.png\",\"width\":693,\"height\":132,\"caption\":\"Jass Web\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/65c9c7b7958150c0dc8371fa35dd7c31\",\"name\":\"Kirat\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/1261af3c9451399fa1336d28b98ea3bb.jpg?ver=1775798750\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/1261af3c9451399fa1336d28b98ea3bb.jpg?ver=1775798750\",\"caption\":\"Kirat\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/jassweb.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/author\/jaspritsinghghumangmail-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print \"5 53\"? - JassWeb","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print \"5 53\"? - JassWeb","og_description":"[ad_1] The return value of printf is the number of characters transmitted to the output stream or negative value if an output error or an encoding error (for string and character conversion specifiers) occurred (from here, emphasis mine) and &#8220;5 5&#8221; are three characters (namely &#8220;five space five&#8221;). So the last number printed is 3. ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/","og_site_name":"JassWeb","article_published_time":"2023-01-26T15:06:00+00:00","author":"Kirat","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kirat"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/"},"author":{"name":"Kirat","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/65c9c7b7958150c0dc8371fa35dd7c31"},"headline":"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &#8220;5 53&#8221;?","datePublished":"2023-01-26T15:06:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/"},"wordCount":68,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization"},"keywords":["c++"],"articleSection":["Solved"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/","name":"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print \"5 53\"? - JassWeb","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-26T15:06:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-does-this-nested-printf-statement-print-5-53\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[Solved] Why does this nested printf statement print &#8220;5 53&#8221;?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/","name":"JassWeb","description":"Build High-quality Websites","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization","name":"Jass Web","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jass-website-logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jass-website-logo-1.png","width":693,"height":132,"caption":"Jass Web"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/65c9c7b7958150c0dc8371fa35dd7c31","name":"Kirat","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/1261af3c9451399fa1336d28b98ea3bb.jpg?ver=1775798750","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/1261af3c9451399fa1336d28b98ea3bb.jpg?ver=1775798750","caption":"Kirat"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/jassweb.com"],"url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/author\/jaspritsinghghumangmail-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}