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    To all who read last post formatted output

    What I'm trying to do with formatted output is display the minus sign on the right of the answer not in front of it which is what will happen by default if I just use the value stored in the variable eg
    Profits = £234.99-
    Any ideas ? I'm lost
    may the source be with you...

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    Code:
    if (x<0)
       printf("Profits = £%d-",(-x));
    ???

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    Cool thanx govtcheez

    Thanx for the code it works great
    may the source be with you...

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    No prob - kinda hackish, but it does the job.

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    Just another possibility, without the (space-consuming) if:
    printf("Profits = £%d%s", x<0?-x:x, x<0?"-":"");

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    Question alex

    Won't this print a minus sign on both sides of the profit variable x if it is a negative value?
    may the source be with you...

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    Question alex

    won't this print out a minus sign on both sides of the output if it is negative?
    may the source be with you...

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    It shouldn't do because if x<0 the it prints minus x.

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    Look up the 'conditional operator' it is the only ternary operator because it takes 3 operands.

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