Re: printing % with printf(), use of \ (escape) character

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Date: 02/11/05 

Date: 11 Feb 2005 02:27:18 -0800

i got it through the below explanation

Eric:
"Here's the fact you seem to be overlooking: printf() doesn't
> see the format string until after the compiler has processed it. "

thank u

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