The Java method printf is based on the?

Answer 1

Java doesn't have a printf method. To provide the implementation of printf method of C in java, the java has two print methods. They are

1. print()
2. println()


The first method prints the text in braces on the same line, while the second is used to print on the next line. In fact, ln in println() stands for next line. We need not use /n while working in java.


Actually, the System.out.format() function is practically identical to printf in C. When translating code from C to Java, you can generally replace all calls to printf(args...) with calls to System.out.format(args...).

...and to answer the original question, Java's System.out.format() method is based off of C's printf() function.