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Newbie at C help

« on: January 09, 2013, 11:27:26 AM »

Hi there
I'm learning C language and i am so new in this world. so i have two problems the first one is i need to print a char two times in a line without using printf twice and i used this code:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
char chr = 'a';
printf("%2c\n", chr);
return 0;
}

as you know the %2 won't print 'a' two times it will show it like this in output " a" (with 2 spaces at first) and it is not bad i will need it too
but i need to declare a variable for it instead of %2 i need something like this:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
int i = 2;
char chr = 'a';
printf("%ic\n", chr);
return 0;
}

but it is not correct so can you please resolve these two problems god is bless you
regards cyber.spirit


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H1t M0nk3y

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Re: Newbie at C help

« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 12:08:25 PM »

Hey,

You can do this in many, many different ways. Here are two working examples:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
char chr = 'a';

for(int i=0; i<2; i++)
{
printf("%c", chr);
}

return 0;
}

Loops twice and there prints the value of 'chr' twice. Notice I removed the the new line character "\n" (which you can add later)

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
char chr = 'a';
printf("%c%c", chr, chr);

return 0;
}

Another variation, without the loop.

I used to teach C and C++ at a College. So I would be happy to give you a hand!


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Re: Newbie at C help

« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 12:57:51 PM »

Quote from: H1t M0nk3y on January 09, 2013, 12:08:25 PM

Hey,

You can do this in many, many different ways. Here are two working examples:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
char chr = 'a';

for(int i=0; i<2; i++)
{
printf("%c", chr);
}

return 0;
}

Loops twice and there prints the value of 'chr' twice. Notice I removed the the new line character "\n" (which you can add later)

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
char chr = 'a';
printf("%c%c", chr, chr);

return 0;
}

Another variation, without the loop.

I used to teach C and C++ at a College. So I would be happy to give you a hand!

Hi there whats up? Man for my program maybe i need to print it more than 1000 times two was an exmaple so loop is better but i need to use another loop too so it may cause some confilict too any way what about the second one? Thx so much


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Re: Newbie at C help

« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2013, 07:42:54 AM »

There's a joke in French that, if I translate it word by word, it would say: "Could you be less clear? I understand too much..." Cheesy

So, could you please tell me what you are trying to achieve? I will be able to help you better.

Meanwhile, you can always have multiple loops, one within another. For example:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
char chrA = 'a';
char chrB = 'b';
char chrC = 'c';

for(int a=0; a<4; a++)
{
printf("%c", chrA);

for(int b=0; b<3; b++)
{
printf("%c", chrB);

for(int c=0; c<2; c++)
{
printf("%c", chrC);
}
}
}

return 0;
}

Output:

Code:

abccbccbccabccbccbccabccbccbccabccbccbcc

Try to see if you understand the output.

As you can see, you can have multiple loops within each others.
But let me know exactly what you are trying to do, so I can help you better.