Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:22:24 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Alastair Hogge <al_ AT tpg DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: conversion specifier.
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On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Alastair Hogge wrote:

> My Code:
> unsigned long foo;
> printf("%d", foo);
> 
> My compiler warnings:
> ...warning: int format, long int arg (arg 2)
> 
> What does this mean?

It means what it says: the second argument of the call to printf is a 
long int, but the format you are using to print it, "%d" is for int's, 
not for long's.  Use "%lu" instead, and the compiler will be happy (`u' 
because it's an _unsigned_ long, not just long).