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From: ratheesh k <ratheesh.ksz@gmail.com>
Subject: printf *%f
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:09:08 +0530
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double x=45.9876 ;

printf("%4.2f" , x); is working fine ...  But printf("%*f , 4.2 , x) ;
behaves odd in my  fedora 8 pentium machine. any clue ?

Does *  substitute only integers ?


-Ratheesh