What is the difference between Sprintf, Printf, Fprint?

Question

go

When should you use Sprintf, Fprintf, Printf? Same for Scan. What are the differences between these prefixes F, S?

Answer 1

sprintf: s - string, print - print, f - formatted mode; formatted print to line.
fprintf: f - file; formatted print to file.
printf: formatted print to a standard location, usually the console.

Answer 2

https://golang.org/pkg/fmt/#Printf
https://golang.org/pkg/fmt/#Sprintf
https://golang.org/pkg/fmt/#Fprintf

Answer 3

It differs in where the result is given.
To a string, to an io.Writer (for example, to a file, to a network, etc.) and to a screen (to a console).