sprintf()

Print formatted output into a string

Synopsis:

#include <stdio.h>

int sprintf( char* buf, 
             const char* format, 
             ... );

Arguments:

buf: A pointer to the buffer where you want to function to store the formatted string.
format: A string that specifies the format of the output. The formatting string determines what additional arguments you need to provide. For more information, see printf().

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

The sprintf() function is similar to fprintf(), except that sprintf() places the generated output into the character array pointed to by buf, instead of writing it to a file. A null character is placed at the end of the generated character string.

Returns:

The number of characters written into the array, not counting the terminating null character. An error can occur while converting a value for output. When an error occurs, errno indicates the type of error detected.

Examples:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/* Create temporary file names using a counter */

char namebuf[13];
int  TempCount = 0;

char* make_temp_name()
  {
    sprintf( namebuf, "ZZ%.6o.TMP", TempCount++ );
    return( namebuf );
  }

int main( void )
  {
    FILE* tf1,* tf2;

    tf1 = fopen( make_temp_name(), "w" );
    tf2 = fopen( make_temp_name(), "w" );
    fputs( "temp file 1", tf1 );
    fputs( "temp file 2", tf2 );
    fclose( tf1 );
    fclose( tf2 );
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
  }

Classification:

ANSI, POSIX 1003.1

Safety:
Cancellation point	No
Interrupt handler	No
Signal handler	Read the Caveats
Thread	Yes

Caveats:

It's safe to call this function in a signal handler if the data isn't floating point.