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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers The meaning of %s in printf Post 302419520 by bluescreen on Friday 7th of May 2010 11:50:01 AM
Old 05-07-2010
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Originally Posted by cosmologist
As I mentioned in my first post what confuses me the most is that we use %s in the same command line but get different output for each. Any idea why? Smilie
See here for a good explanation of printf. On that page, click on the "Control Modifiers" link to see a good explanation on how %s works.

Maybe the reason you get different output for each command is because you use a different input file? Smilie

HTH
 

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DB2_FIELD_TYPE(3)							 1							 DB2_FIELD_TYPE(3)

db2_field_type - Returns the data type of the indicated column in a result set

SYNOPSIS
string db2_field_type (resource $stmt, mixed $column) DESCRIPTION
Returns the data type of the indicated column in a result set. PARAMETERS
o $stmt - Specifies a statement resource containing a result set. o $column - Specifies the column in the result set. This can either be an integer representing the 0-indexed position of the column, or a string containing the name of the column. RETURN VALUES
Returns a string containing the defined data type of the specified column. If the specified column does not exist in the result set, db2_field_type(3) returns FALSE. SEE ALSO
db2_field_display_size(3), db2_field_name(3), db2_field_num(3), db2_field_precision(3), db2_field_scale(3), db2_field_width(3). PHP Documentation Group DB2_FIELD_TYPE(3)
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