C program to print characters and strings in different formats.

An algorithm is given below to explain the process which is included in the C programming language to print the characters and strings in different formats.

Step 1: Read a character to print.

Step 2: Read a name at compile time.

Step 3: Output of characters in different formats by using format specifiers.

• printf("%c
  %3c
  %5c
  ", x,x,x);
• printf("%3c
  %c
  ", x,x);
• printf("
  ");

Step 4: Output of strings in different formats by using format specifiers.

• printf("%s
  ", name);
• printf("%20s
  ", name);
• printf("%20.10s
  ", name);
• printf("%.5s
  ", name);
• printf("%-20.10s
  ", name);
• printf("%5s
  ", name);

Example

Following is the C program to print the characters and strings in different formats −

 Live Demo

#include<stdio.h>
main(){
   char x = 'T';
   static char name[20] = "Tutorials Point";
   printf("OUTPUT OF CHARACTERS

");
   printf("%c
%3c
%5c
", x,x,x);
   printf("%3c
%c
", x,x);
   printf("
");
   printf("OUTPUT OF STRINGS

");
   printf("%s
", name);
   printf("%20s
", name);
   printf("%20.10s
", name);
   printf("%.5s
", name);
   printf("%-20.10s
", name);
   printf("%5s
", name);
}

Output

When the above program is executed, it produces the following output −

OUTPUT OF CHARACTERS
T
  T
   T
  T
T
OUTPUT OF STRINGS
Tutorials Point
Tutorials Point
Tutorials
Tutor
Tutorials
Tutorials Point

Example

Consider another program to check different format −

 Live Demo

#include<stdio.h>
main() {
   char x = 'T';
   static char name[20] = "Tutorials Point";
   printf("OUTPUT OF CHARACTERS

");
   printf("%c
", x);
   printf("%c
%3c
%5c
", x,x,x);
   printf("%3c
%c
", x,x);
   printf("%c
%3c
%5c
", x,x,x);
   printf("%3c
%c
", x,x);
   printf("
");
   printf("OUTPUT OF STRINGS

");
   printf("%.5s
", name);
   printf("%-10.10s
", name);
   printf("%.20s
", name);
   printf("%20.10s
", name);
   printf("%20s
", name);
   printf("%10s
", name);
}

Output

When the above program is executed, it produces the following output −

OUTPUT OF CHARACTERS
T
T
  T
    T
  T
T
T
   T
     T
   T
T
OUTPUT OF STRINGS
Tutor
Tutorials
Tutorials Point
Tutorials
Tutorials Point
Tutorials Point