SPRINTF
Section: Basic C Library Functions (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
sprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer
SYNOPSIS
-
int sprintf(char * buf, const char * fmt, ...);
ARGUMENTS
buf
-
- The buffer to place the result into
fmt
-
The format string to use @...: Arguments for the format string
...
-
variable arguments
DESCRIPTION
The function returns the number of characters written into
buf. Use
snprintf
or
scnprintf
in order to avoid buffer overflows.
See the
vsnprintf
documentation for format string extensions over C99.
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