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Hi,

I am trying to run my first C program on Keil...it works perfectly until I insert a printf statement...am i missing something?

#include <reg52.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main(void)
{
        unsigned int i;

        unsigned int ans = 0;

        for (i =0; i< 5; i++)
        {
                ans += 2;
        }

        printf("The answer is: " + ans);
}

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  • "my actual point of doing this program is in using the printf...but it wasnt working"

    When I do 'printf() tests, I usually use a simulator and sprintf() so that I don't have to worry about an device's output driver blocking:

    #include <reg52.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    char buf[32];
    
    void main(void)
    {
        unsigned int i;
    
        unsigned int ans = 0;
    
        for (i =0; i< 5; i++)
        {
            ans += 2;
        }
    
        sprintf(buf, "The answer is: %u",ans);
    
        ans += 2;
    
        for (;;);
    }
    

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  • "my actual point of doing this program is in using the printf...but it wasnt working"

    When I do 'printf() tests, I usually use a simulator and sprintf() so that I don't have to worry about an device's output driver blocking:

    #include <reg52.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    char buf[32];
    
    void main(void)
    {
        unsigned int i;
    
        unsigned int ans = 0;
    
        for (i =0; i< 5; i++)
        {
            ans += 2;
        }
    
        sprintf(buf, "The answer is: %u",ans);
    
        ans += 2;
    
        for (;;);
    }
    

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