Well, the first dot along with the 24 (%.24s)
specifies to printf to print only 24 characters of the
string.
Second dot is a full stop after the string. :-)
-Sumit
--- _z33 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not able to understand the usage of dots (inside
> the printf's
> arguments) in the following code. Please enlighten
> me!
>
> [code]
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <time.h>
>
> main()
> {
> time_t now;
>
> time(&now);
> printf("It's %.24s.\n", ctime(&now));
>
> system ("PAUSE");
> return 0;
> }
> [/code]
>
> _z33
> --
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>
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