What is the difference between puts() and printf() ?

Printf()

Puts()

Declared in the header file stdio.h Declared in the header file stdio.h
Function to print a formatted string to the standard output stream which is the computer screen. This function prints string on the output stream with a new line character.
Syntax for printf is printf(str) Syntax for puts() is : puts(str)
Does not move the cursor to the next line. Moves the cursor to the next line.
Implementation of printf is complicated. Implementation of puts() is very simpler than printf()

 

 

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