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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Fundamentals of C Variables

Alex Mtz. Carrillo
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Alex Mtz. Carrillo
Courses Plus Student 16,177 Points

I can't seem to get this one right :( anybody?

objective - c basics code challenge 1

Add a printf statement to print the radius variable. Here is what your output should look like: A ball with a radius of 14.5 inches.

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

to print a variable using a print f statement:

printf("here is a variable: %f in a printf statement", someVariable);

the challenge needs the string to be "A ball with a radius of 14.5 inches", but you need to replace 14.5 with a format specifier for floats which is %f.

Alex Mtz. Carrillo
Alex Mtz. Carrillo
Courses Plus Student 16,177 Points

It worked! Thanks a lot.

printf("A ball with a radius of %f inches.\n", radius);