A question about printf.

[Peter Swinkels]

I hardly know anything about C++ or C, but, there is one thing I was asking myself:

Apparently there is a function called printf in C++ which appears to be similair to the Print method in Visual Basic. In C++ source code I found while searching the internet and these forums I see symbols such as %ld, %s, %d and %u in the string passed to the printf function. What do these symbols do (if anything) when used with the printf function?

If you want to know why I am asking this if I don't really know and don't use C++, read this thread: http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?p...81#post1894281