VSPRINTF
Section: Basic C Library Functions (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
vsprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer
SYNOPSIS
-
int vsprintf(char * buf, const char * fmt, va_list args);
ARGUMENTS
buf
-
- The buffer to place the result into
fmt
-
The format string to use
args
-
Arguments for the format string
DESCRIPTION
The function returns the number of characters written into
buf. Use
vsnprintf
or
vscnprintf
in order to avoid buffer overflows.
Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list. You probably want
sprintf
instead.
See the
vsnprintf
documentation for format string extensions over C99.
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