What does the letter ‘f’ stand for in printf(), scanf() and ‘g’ in seekg()

Question

I can't find the full name (expanded meaningful name) of the functions printf(), scanf(), seekg().

These guys seem to be like below ▼

printf

scanf

seekg

Can you say where the names come from, or what they mean?

What is the full name of `x` in a statement like `int x = 0;`? — , May 29 '18 at 22:33
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27949512/what-does-f-stand-for-in-c-standard-library-function-names — M.M, May 30 '18 at 03:59
@M.M this question was reopened after the English was cleaned up enough to make the question comprehensible. — Drew Dormann, May 30 '18 at 14:57

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered May 29 '18 at 22:42

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printf is an abbreviation for "print formatted"

scanf is an abbreviation for "scan formatted"

seekg is an abbreviation for "seek the get (read) pointer"... as opposed to seekp, which manages the put (write) pointer.

answered May 29 '18 at 22:42

Drew Dormann

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