what is %ld read as?

Answer 1

stands for 'long decimal' as string formatter...

Answer 2

???

Answer 3

% is just the marker wich start the replacement expression in string formatting...

Answer 4

Sachit check this out 👇

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/scanf/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/printf/

Answer 5

but how to read the term in coding ?

Answer 6

percentage l d or what ?