man_3_printf

.TH man 3 "14 November 2023" "1.0" "_printf man page"
.SH NAME
.B _printf
- format and print data.
.SH SYNOPSIS
_printf FORMAT [ARGUMENT]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Print ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT:

\"     double quote.

\\     backslash.

\n     new line.

\r     carriage return.

\t     horizontal tab.

%%     a single %.

.SH CONVERSION CHARACTERS
.B The conversion specifiers and their meanings are:
.IP -b 
The unsigned int argument is converted to binary.

.IP -d,i
The int argument is converted to signed decimal notation.

.IP -c
The int argument is converted to an unsigned char, and the resulting character is written.

.IP -o,u,x,X
The unsigned int argument is converted to ( ) notation:

unsigned octal: (o).

unsigned decimal: (u).

unsigned hexadecimal: (x and X).

.IP -s
Characters from the array are written up to (but not including) a terminating null byte ('\0').
    
.IP -S 
Characters from the array are written up to (but not including) a terminating null byte ('\0').

Not include characters (0 < ASCII value < 32 or >= 127), are printed \x, , followed by the ASCII code value in hexadecimal (upper case - always 2 characters).

.IP -p
The void * pointer argument is printed in hexadecimal (as if by %#x or %#lx).

.SH EXAMPLES

.IP - Print a string.
_printf("This is a string");
_printf("%s\n", "I am a string too!");

.IP - Print a character.
_printf("Character:[%c]\n", 'H');

.IP - Print an integer.
_printf("%d, %i\n", 2, 5);

.SH SEE ALSO
.I printf(1),
.I printf(3).

.SH BUGS
No known bugs.

.SH AUTHOR
Philip Owusu Koranteng & Edmund Sagoe