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
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.