[c-prog] Re: printf min fild width

[John Matthews]

--- In c-prog@yahoogroups.com, "David Hamill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Vic wrote:
> Therefore you can compute str at runtime, e.g.:
> 
>   char *str[100]; /* <-- typo */
>   /* compute str here */
>   printf(str, i);

Corrected, and using the example in the question:

    int i = 123;
    char str[100]; /* corrected */
    sprintf(str, "%%%di", 5); /* use %% to get % */
    printf(str, i);
    printf("\nformat used: \"%s\"\n", str);