Format Descriptor %s in printf()

printf("%s", stooge2);

• The conversion specification %s prints a sequence of characters stored in the array stooge2 until '\0' is reached.

• The terminating character '\0' is not printed.

• If stooge2 array contains

• The print out is

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\0

Omitting the ending '\0' in a string is a serious programming error.

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