F # sprintf will not print in interactive console

Question

I am trying to print an int using the F # interactive console.

let x = sprintf "%d", 3 printf x 

gives:

stdin (12.8): error FS0001: type '(int → string) * System.Numerics.BigIntege r' incompatible with type 'Printf.TextWriterFormat <' a> '

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

to try

 let x = sprintf "%d" 3 printf "%s" x 

since the way you wrote x is a set of functions and a number