Question

Explain printf( ) and scanf( ) functions.

Answer 1

# printf and scanf both functions are defined in stdio.h header file which is available in C library.

# printf function is used to print something on output screen. It may be single character, integer value, floating point value, strings, double value, octal value and hexadecimal value.

# In C programming language, scanf() function is used to read character, string, numeric data from keyboard

Answer 2

printf() is used for printing the data enclosed in that brackets.

scanf() is used for scanning the data and storing in memory.