#include // Uncomment either of the scanf+printf lines. If you input "10 -10 -10" in them you get // different output. This is explained in ordinary characters in format strings on page 45 int main(){ int a,b,c; // scanf("%d-%d-%d",&a,&b,&c); // printf("%d|%d|%d",a,b,c); // scanf("%d -%d -%d",&a,&b,&c); // printf("%d|%d|%d",a,b,c); return 0; }