Re: scanf to handle double

Red Dragon wrote:
> Mike Wahler wrote:
>
>> scanf("%lf", &a);
>
> With your help I learnt something today.

Note that printf still uses "%f" for doubles. Don't try using
"%lf" with printf as it may not work.

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