Backspaces in printf - formatting question

[annnDi]

Hello.
I have one question.
For example, if we have this.

char *tmpString = "gorilla";
printf("%10s", tmpString) -> this will output 3 backspaces in front of gorrila.

However, what if I would want to declare an integer which will specifiy how many backspaces should be in front of string gorrila.
For example:

char *tmpString = "gorilla";
int countBackspaces = 10;
printf("%countBackspaces%s", tmpString) -> something like this, but i dont know how...

Is something like that even possible, i checked all manual on printf and backspaces and couldnt find the answers.
Thank you.

[Richard.J]

IIRC, something like

printf("%*s", countBackspaces, tmpString );

but shouldn't this be "spaces" or "blanks" instead of backspaces?

[2kaud]

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/25366k66.aspx