Learning the basics. Can someone help me understand how printf specifiers work?

I'm super new guys. I just picked up this book on C++ and it asks me to create a function that outputs the absolute value of a number. It then uses a printf specifier to output the value. How does the %d understand how to output the specific variables?

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65417828/learning-the-basics-can-someone-help-me-understand-how-printf-specifiers-work December 23, 2020 at 09:06AM