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From: sbehrens AT contech DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Soenke Behrens)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: printf doesn't interpret \n etc . . .
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 19:05:45 GMT
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firstpr AT ozemail DOT com DOT au (Robin Whittle) wrote:

>printf() works fine for me, except when I use a string from somewhere 
>else, in which case it ignores the \n \t codes, but still works fine 
>with the %f codes.
>
> printf(p->txtstring, *p->kval1, *p->kval2, *p->kval3, *p->kval4);

Not surprising, really. Check out ISO/C, 5.2.1. Escape sequences are
defined for character constants and string literals. In practice, that
means that the compiler usually resolves escape sequences, not the library
functions which act on characters.

>This may not be DJGPP specific - but I don't know where else to ask.

It's not DJGPP specific.

Soenke
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