Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] iio: magnetometer: add ti tmag5273 driver

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Nov 21 2022 - 13:56:21 EST


On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 08:40:53PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 06:24:18PM +0100, Gerald Loacker wrote:
> > Am 21.11.2022 um 15:04 schrieb Andy Shevchenko:
> > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 01:35:42PM +0100, Gerald Loacker wrote:

...

> > >> + snprintf(data->name, sizeof(data->name), "tmag5273x%1u",
> > >
> > > There is a difference between %1u and %.1u. And I believe you wanted the
> > > latter, but...
> >
> > %1u works fine for me. Can you point me to the documentation for %.1u?
>
> man printf(3)
>
> It was a surprise to me that many developers don't know the difference here.
> The %NNNNu defines the _minimum_ digits to print, while the %.NNNu defines
> the _exact_ amount of digits to print (NNN -- a number).
>
> > >> + data->version);

Even me trapped to this one more time :-)

The above is only applies to the strings and floats. So in your case it has no
difference.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko