Name
sprintf —
Format a string and place it in a buffer
Synopsis
int sprintf ( | char * buf, |
| const char * fmt, |
| ...) ; |
Arguments
char * buf
The buffer to place the result into
const char * fmt
The format string to use
...
Arguments for the format string
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.