Expression evaluates to: 45.000000
Now the format code %f
matches the data type of the 45.0
printf("Expression evaluates to: %f\n", 45.0 );
The number of zeros after the decimal point depends on your system.
You can control this: the format code %.2f
will use
two digits for the decimal fraction and however many are needed for the non-fraction part.
When the source file is compiled, the characters 45.0
are compiled into a 64-bit IEEE float.
If the source file had 45.00
or 45.000
or 45.0000
those would be compiled into the same 64-bit float.
On output, printf
will print however many zeros that the default for floats.