What does '\r' and '\b' mean? Please explain with example.
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Answer / ankita
\r is known as carriage return
e.g printf("ABC\rDE");
ABC.
then becoz of \r cursor comes back to the 1st char i.e here
A after that DE is there then finally it print
DEC with cursor on C.
\b is known as back literal
e.g. printf("ABC\bDE");
then ABC then finally ABDE will get printed.
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Answer / brite
Even you are wrong Siva.
printf("ABC\rDE") will print DEC not DE.
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Answer / siva
above two answers are wrong.
i tested the following is the correct answer
\r is known as carriage return
e.g printf("ABC\rDE");
DE will get printed.
\b is known as back literal
e.g. printf("ABC\bDE");
ABDE will get printed.
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Answer / subh
Depends on terminal configuration
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17236242/usage-of-b-and-r-in-c
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Answer / mahboob ur rahman
System.out.print("mahboob\rkhan");
output:
mahboob
it will just priint mahboob
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Answer / yogita
\r is used for carriage return and \b is used for computer
baep
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Answer / v
printf("ABC\bDE");
It prints only "DE", because the printed ABC will be removed
by '\b'
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 11 Yes | 28 No |
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