%s/n

Question

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm new at coding. What are these % things? Also why are they /n? It didn't really explain anything about this.

Answer 1

Imagine them to be somewhat "boxes" within a string that can be taken up by what is shown.
%s means a "box" for a string
%d means a "box" for an integer, and many more examples.
These boxes can be of a particulqr size, which is achieved by %10s, %5d, etc.

There is more to this but I forgot the exact name.