error using fprintf function

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Joshua Mikhael Prieto
Joshua Mikhael Prieto on 20 Sep 2020
Commented: Joshua Mikhael Prieto on 20 Sep 2020
A = 1000000000;
B = A / 512;
fprintf(B);
Error using fprintf
No format character vector.
Error in MachineProblem5 (line 4)
fprintf(B);
can someone please help me with this error, fprinf funtion suddenly goes into error. Same goes with my previous works, it began to display fprintf error

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KSSV
KSSV on 20 Sep 2020
Edited: KSSV on 20 Sep 2020
You have to specify a format specifier.
A = 1000000000;
B = A / 512;
fprintf('%f\n',B); % %f is for floating point number, \n is for next line
Read more here: https://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fprintf.html
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Joshua Mikhael Prieto
Joshua Mikhael Prieto on 20 Sep 2020
Thank you so much! That solves the problem. I'll always keep that in mind.

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