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.