How to escape the % (percent) sign in C's printf

Asked 2009-12-07T14:02:08.353

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How do you escape the % sign when using printf in C?

printf("hello\%"); /* not like this */

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The backslash in C is used to escape characters in strings. Strings would not recognize % as a special character, and therefore no escape would be necessary. printf is another matter: use %% to print one %.

answered 2009-12-07T14:07:08.963

How to escape the % (percent) sign in C's printf

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