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.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}printf is a C standard library function and is also a Linux terminal (shell) command that formats text and writes it to standard output. The function accepts a format C-string argument and a variable number of value arguments that the function serializes per the format string. Mismatch between…

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Triples93
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Other contexts · 19
Printf → AMPL, Clojure, DF, Elixir, Excluded, GGNU MathProgGNU OctaveGoHaskellJJava, Java, JavaScript, JVM, Lua, MapleMATLABMax, Objective-COCaml, PARI/GPPerlRaku, PHPPython, RRed/SystemRubySQLiteTcl, Scala, The, Transact-SQL, Vala
see also · 16
Printf → Book, Common Lisp, Control, Fixing, Format, Hello, Linux, Printf-like, Programming Language, Replacing, Shell, Standard, The, Type, Unix, World
related to Format string attack · 9
Printf → Extra, For, GCC, Generally, GNU Compiler Collection, If, Some, Wall, Wformat
related to External links · 6
Printf → Bash, Java, System Interfaces Reference, The Open GroupThe Formatterspecification, The Single UNIX Specification, Version
related to 1990s: Shell command · 5
Printf → C-Language, GNU, GNU Core Utilities, In, Reno
related to 2000s: -Wformat safety · 5
Printf → EEE, GCC, GNU Compiler Collection, The, Wformat
related to 2000s: Java · 5
Printf → In, Java, PrintStream, String, Thus
related to 2020s: std::print · 5
Printf → API, However, Python, The, This
related to Custom data type formatting · 5
Printf → Another, However, One, Some, Vstr
related to Memory write · 5
Printf → Although, IOCCC, The, This, Turing-complete

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Printfis aC standard library function and is also a Linux terminal0.90text
output to a different destination or safety measures that limit exposure to vulnerabilitiesinstance ofThe functions share the same formatting capabilities but provide different behavior0.80text
a terminal or a fileinstance ofprint refers to output to any text-based environment0.80text
Printfrelated to 1970s: CIn0.60section
Printfrelated to 1970s: CVersion0.60section
Printfrelated to 1970s: CUnix0.60section
Printfrelated to 1990s: Shell commandIn0.60section
Printfrelated to 1990s: Shell commandReno0.60section
Printfrelated to 1990s: Shell commandGNU0.60section
Printfrelated to 1990s: Shell commandGNU Core Utilities0.60section
Printfrelated to 1990s: Shell commandC-Language0.60section
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