Print hexadecimal versions of numbers in C

This example program demonstrates how to print hexadecimal versions of numbers in C using printf.

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
    int n = 399;
    int y = 0xABCDEF;

    /* Upper and lower case. */

    printf ("%X hexadecimal with upper case letters.\n", n);
    printf ("%x hexadecimal with lower case letters.\n", n);

    /* Different kinds of padding. */

    printf ("<%8x> hexadecimal padded with blanks to width 8.\n", n);
    printf ("%04x hexadecimal padded with four leading zeros.\n", n);
    printf ("%08x padded with eight leading zeros.\n", n);

    /* Hash mark, #, adds 0x to number. */

    printf ("%#x automatically add 0x.\n", y);
    printf ("%#X, capital X, automatically add 0X.\n", y);
    printf ("%#X, but don't add 0X if zero.\n", 0);

    /* Hash mark plus padding. */

    printf ("%#8x - no padding is added with #.\n", y);
    printf ("%#8X - no padding is added with #.\n", y);
    printf ("%#08X - padding is added with 0, but don't add 0X.\n", 0);

    return 0;
}

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It outputs the following:

18F hexadecimal with upper case letters.
18f hexadecimal with lower case letters.
<     18f> hexadecimal padded with blanks to width 8.
018f hexadecimal padded with four leading zeros.
0000018f padded with eight leading zeros.
0xabcdef automatically add 0x.
0XABCDEF, capital X, automatically add 0X.
0, but don't add 0X if zero.
0xabcdef - no padding is added with #.
0XABCDEF - no padding is added with #.
00000000 - padding is added with 0, but don't add 0X.