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title: "`printf()` Argument Types"
description: "Detect mismatches between the Java `printf` format strings and the argument types For example, this checker will warn about the type error in `printf(\"Hello %d\", \"world\")`"
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Detect mismatches between the Java `printf` format strings and the argument types For example, this checker will warn about the type error in `printf("Hello %d", "world")`

**\*\*\*DEPRECATED\*\*\*** Unmaintained.

Activate with `--printf-args`.

Supported languages:
- C/C++/ObjC: No
- Java: Yes



## List of Issue Types

The following issue types are reported by this checker:
- [CHECKERS_PRINTF_ARGS](/docs/1.0.0/all-issue-types#checkers_printf_args)