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Printf and sprintf formatting in PHP - Interactive Code Practice

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Practice - 5 Tasks
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easy

Complete the code to print the number 10 using printf.

PHP
<?php
$num = 10;
printf("%[1]d", $num);
?>
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Ad
Bs
Cf
Dx
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Using %s which is for strings.
Using %f which is for floating-point numbers.
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medium

Complete the code to format a float number with 2 decimal places using sprintf.

PHP
<?php
$price = 12.3456;
$formatted = sprintf("%.[1]f", $price);
echo $formatted;
?>
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A1
B3
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D4
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Using %.1f which shows only one decimal place.
Using %.3f which shows three decimal places.
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hard

Fix the error in the code to print a padded number with leading zeros using printf.

PHP
<?php
$num = 7;
printf("%[1]d", $num);
?>
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A0
B07
Cd
D7
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Using %7d pads with spaces, not zeros.
Using %0d is invalid format.
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hard

Fill both blanks to format a string with a minimum width and left alignment using printf.

PHP
<?php
$name = "Bob";
printf("%[1][2]s", $name);
?>
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A-
B10
C5
D+
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Omitting '-' causes right alignment.
Using '+' is invalid for string alignment.
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hard

Fill both blanks to format an integer in hexadecimal with uppercase letters and width 6 padded with zeros using sprintf.

PHP
<?php
$num = 255;
$hex = sprintf("%[1][2]X", $num);
echo $hex;
?>
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A0
B6
C-
D+
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Using '-' pads with spaces and left aligns.
Omitting '0' pads with spaces instead of zeros.