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Input and Output statements:

Input statements:
* Input is information supplied to program.
* Input statement is used to take input from user.
* It will take data from user and stores in a variable.
* C supports the following input statements
1.scanf( )
2.getc( )
3.getchar( )
4.getch( )

scanf( ):
* It is a standard input statement in C
* Used to take any type of data from user.
* The following syntax is used to write scanf( ) in program.

syntax:
scanf("formatspecifier",&variablename,....);
formatspecifier:
* It indicates what type of data user must enter as input.
* "%" is used to represent format specifier.
datatype formatspecifer
char %c
int %d
short %i
long %ld
float %f
double %lf
long double %llf

&variablename:
* Every variable has name and address.
* To know the variable address we have to use &(Ampersand)
* & is also called address operator(Reference operator)

ex:
int x;
scanf("%d",&x);
float y;
scanf("%f",&y);
char c;
scanf("%c",&c);
int a,b;
scanf("%d",&a);
scanf("%d",&b);
double z;
char d;
scanf("%lf",&z);
scanf("%c",&d);

getc( ) / getchar( )/getch( ):


* Used to read character data from stdout(Screen/console)
syntax:
variablename=getc( );
variablename=getchar( );
variablename=getch( );
* getch( ) -> will read data directly from input device (not from STDOUT)
ex:
char gender;
gender=getc( );

Output statement:
* The results produced by a program on screen are called as output.
* Output statements are used display output on screen.
* C supports the following output statements
1.printf( )
2.putc( )
3.putchar( )
1.printf( ):
* It is a standard output statement
* Used to display all formats of information.
syntax:
printf("Message");
* message will be displayed as it is.
example:
printf("W-e-l-c-o-m-e");
output:
W-e-l-c-o-m-e
syntax:
* printf( ) is also used display data stored in variable
printf("Formatspecifier",variablename,....);
exmaple:
int x=20;
printf("%d",x);
float y=23.343;
printf("%f",y);

putc( )/ putchar( ):
* used to display only character type of data.
syntax:
putc(variablename);
putchar(variablename);
example:
char gender='m';
putc(gender);
putchar(gender);

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