From:	mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Help scanf?
Date:	Sat, 01 Feb 1997 20:28:55 GMT
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On Sat, 01 Feb 1997 01:58:08 GMT, matrix AT ionsys DOT com (MCheu) wrote:

>#include <stdio.h>
>
>main()
>{
>	/* Declare */
>	double a, b, c;
...
>	scanf("%f",&a);
>	scanf("%f",&b);
>	scanf("%f",&c);
...
>	return 0;
>}
You should either use floats instead of doubles, or %lf instead of %f.

Doubles are more accurate and apparently faster than floats.

George Foot

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