[prog] c double/float I/O question

[Alice Moomlyn]

#include <stdio.h>

/* This program doesn't do what I expected it to do.
   It doesn't seem to be reading the double properly.
   What is the correct way to scanf()ion a double?
*/

int main()
{
   float myfloat = 23.0;
   double mydouble = 42.0;

   printf("Printing a float: %f\n", myfloat);
   printf("Printing a double: %f\n", mydouble);

   printf("Enter a float: ");
   scanf("%f", &myfloat);

   printf("Enter a double: ");
   scanf("%f", &mydouble);

   printf("This is the float you entered: %f\n",
myfloat);
   printf("This is the double you entered: %f\n",
mydouble);
}

/* Example output:

Printing a float: 23.000000
Printing a double: 42.000000
Enter a float: 5
Enter a double: 2
This is the float you entered: 5.000000
This is the double you entered: 42.000008

*/

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