title: What is the meaning of "%-*.*s" in a printf format string?
body: <pre><code>#define FMT &quot;%-*.*s e = %6ld, chars = %7ld, stat = %3u: %c %c %c %c\n&quot;
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  <p>This macro is passed into the <code>printf</code> function. What does <code>%-*.*s</code> mean?</p>