Thread: could someone explain this line to me please

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    could someone explain this line to me please

    Okay I normally program in c++ but the book I use to learn win32 is written in c. I've come across a couple of line that i don't understand, can someone please explain these to me.
    The first one is:
    Code:
    int iLength;
    TCHAR szBuffer[40];
    iLength = (szBuffer, TEXT("The sum of %i and %i is %i"),  //i really don't get the %i part
                      iA, iB, iA + iB);
    TextOut(hdc, x, y, szBuffer, iLength);
    basically the only one that gets me is the i length = statment.

    The other one is
    Code:
    wsprintf(szBuffer, TEXT("%5d"),  //i don't get the %5d part
    Thanks for any help.
    Oi Oi Oi!!!!

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    %i just signafies that a variable is in the place of the %, so %d means an integer, so if you wanted to output to the screen someones name and age from variables you would do something like:

    printf("Your name is: %s and your ages is %d",name,age);
    so all your text goes inside "" and then after that you put all the variables that you used from left to right seperating them with commas.

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    Allright that pretty much clears things up. THanks a bunch.
    Oi Oi Oi!!!!

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