Q39784: "D" Incorrectly Defined as a printf/scanf Format Specifier

Article: Q39784
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.00 5.10 | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 29-DEC-1988

On Page 80 of the "Microsoft C 5.1 (and 5.0) Quick Reference Guide"
(spiral bound), the capital letter "D" is incorrectly defined as a
printf/scanf format specifier representing a signed long-decimal
integer. The printf/scanf format specifier for a long-decimal integer
is "ld". Using %D will print/return garbage characters.

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