understanding format specifiers

Hi All,
What does a 'format specifier' do?
Suppose I do,
int a = 43; //decimal number
printf("%x",a);
I will get hex equivalent of 43.
Does the format specifier do an implicit "decimal to hex" conversion
before displaying ?
Is it true for all format specifier?
-Siliconwafer

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