Exercise 1.2 - Experiment with printf#
Question#
Experiment to find out what happens when prints’s argument string contains c, where c is some character not listed above.
Solution#
/***
*
* Experiment to find out what happens when prints's argument string
* contains \c, where c is some character not listed above.
*
***/
#include<stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("a:\a"); /* valid */
printf("b:\b"); /* valid */
printf("c:\c");
printf("d:\d");
printf("e:\e"); /* valid */
printf("f:\f"); /* valid */
printf("g:\g");
printf("h:\h");
printf("i:\i");
printf("j:\j");
printf("k:\k");
printf("l:\l");
printf("m:\m");
printf("n:\n"); /* valid */
printf("o:\o");
printf("p:\p");
printf("q:\q");
printf("r:\r"); /* valid */
printf("s:\s");
printf("t:\t"); /* valid */
/*
* \u below stands for unicode.
* warning: universal character names are only valid in C++ and C99
* without anything it will give the error incomplete universal character.
* we will give 2603 unicode codepoint which stands for snowman
*/
printf("u:\u2603"); /* valid */
printf("v:\v"); /* valid */
printf("w:\w");
/* \x is for hexadecimals. It should be followed by valid hexadecimal.
* Lets give D as hexadecimal value */
printf("x:\xD"); /* valid */
printf("y:\y");
printf("z:\z");
printf("A:\A");
printf("B:\B");
printf("C:\C");
printf("D:\D");
printf("E:\E"); /* valid */
printf("F:\F");
printf("G:\G");
printf("H:\H");
printf("I:\I");
printf("J:\J");
printf("K:\K");
printf("L:\L");
printf("M:\M");
printf("N:\N");
printf("O:\O");
printf("P:\P");
printf("Q:\Q");
printf("R:\R");
printf("S:\S");
printf("T:\R");
/*
* \U below stands for unicode.
* error: incomplete universal character name \U
* without anything it will give the error incomplete universal character.
* we will give 2603 unicode codepoint which stands for snowman
*/
printf("U:\U00002603");
printf("V:\V");
printf("W:\W");
printf("X:\X");
printf("Y:\Y");
printf("Z:\Z");
printf("0:\0");
printf("1:\1"); /* valid */
printf("2:\2"); /* valid */
printf("3:\3"); /* valid */
printf("4:\4"); /* valid */
printf("5:\5"); /* valid */
printf("6:\6"); /* valid */
printf("7:\7"); /* valid */
printf("8:\8");
printf("9:\9");
printf("~:\~");
printf("`:\`");
printf("!:\!");
printf("@:\@");
printf("#:\#");
printf("$:\$");
printf("%:\%"); /* warning: unknown conversion type character in : in format. Spurious trailing % in format */
printf("^:\^"); /* warning: unknown escape sequence \^ */
printf("&:\&");
printf("*:\*");
printf("(:\("); /* valid */
printf("):\)");
printf("_:\_");
printf("-:\-");
printf("+:\+");
printf("{:\{"); /* valid */
printf("[:\["); /* valid */
printf("}:\}");
printf("]:\]");
printf("|:\|");
printf("\:\\");
printf("a:\a"); /* valid */
printf("::\:");
printf(";:\;");
/* escape the double-quotes */
printf("\":\""); /* valid */
printf("':\'"); /* valid */
printf("<:\<");
printf(",:\,");
printf(">:\>");
printf(".:\.");
printf("?:\?"); /* valid */
printf("/:\/");
}
Explanation#
For the invalid characters, the compiler will output a warning statement.
warning: unknown escape sequence \d
The other interesting warning statements are mentioned beside in the program. The rest of the control characters took effect and this is the output from the program.
a:b:c:cd:de:f: g:gh:hi:ij:jk:kl:lm:mn:
o:op:pq:qr:
s:st: u:☃v: w:wx:
y:yz:zA:AB:BC:CD:DE:F:FG:GH:HI:IJ:JK:KL:LM:MN:NO:OP:PQ:QR:RS:ST:RU:☃V:VW:WX:XY:YZ:Z0:1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8:89:9~:~`:`!:!@:@#:#$:$%^:^&:&*:*(:():)_:_-:-+:+{:{[:[}:}]:]|:|:\a::::;:;":"':'<:<,:,>:>.:.?:?/:/