%2d outputs a decimal (integer) number that fills at least 2 character spaces, padded with empty space. %6.2f outputs a floating point number that fills at least 6 character spaces (including the decimal separator), with exactly 2 digits after the ., padded with empty space. Good for dollar and pound currency amounts.
Asteroid hurtles towards earth. Scientists were today, January 4th, 2014, warning of a possible asteroid collision with the Earth.
American people simply do not worry about asteroid strikes, even though. such a strike could,depending on the size of the asteroid,do incalculable dam-. age up to and including the extinction of the human race. thinking about catastrophe 9. 2990-7 ch02 posner 7/23/07 12:07 PM Page 9.