Conversion specifier %ju

Question

In the following page, I found the code like

CERT INT15-C Use intmax_t or uintmax_t for formatted IO on programmer-defined integer types

uintmax_t temp;

if(scanf("%ju", &temp) != 1) {
   ...

I am not familiar with the "%ju" specifier. And I am not successful in finding the explanation of the "%ju" on the Internet.

Is this defined by some specific compiler environment, or generally used one?

user_744178 · Answer

%ju is just the %u (unsigned) format with a j length modifier, the latter being defined in the C99 standard as:

j — Speciﬁes that a following d, i, o, u, x, X, or n conversion specifier applies to an argument with type pointer to intmax_t or uintmax_t.

Conversion specifier %ju

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