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Can someone explain me what king of specifier is in the below code? and give me an example.

printf("\r\x1b[32mConverting: \x1b[36m%d\x1b[0m",(Convert));

Paulo Gasol
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These ascii special codes are used to color debug messages. \x1b[32m gives green color to "convering" \x1b[36m%d gives cyan color to the Convert integer and \x1b[0m%d finally resets the color values. \r is carriage return

%d is nothing but the format specifier for integers https://www.quora.com/What-does-d-mean-in-the-C-programming-language

Dhyan Deep A.K
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The string contains two ANSI escape codes. To find out what they mean \x1b[ is denoted by CSI in the linked article, e.g. \x1b[32m corresponds to what wikipedia denotes by CSI n m:

CSI n m
SGR – Select Graphic Rendition
Sets SGR parameters, including text color. After CSI can be zero or more parameters separated with ;. With no parameters, CSI m is treated as CSI 0 m (reset / normal), which is typical of most of the ANSI escape sequences.
redneb
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