Confusion about the output

Question

#include
int main(void)
{
    int i=1,j=-1;
    if((printf(\"%d\",i))<(printf(\"%d\",j)))
        printf(\"%d\",i);
    else 
        printf(\"%d\",j);         


        

Answer 1

Because printing j prints "-1", that's two characters. so 1<2 is true.