sprintf(9) [centos man page]

SPRINTF(9)						     Basic C Library Functions							SPRINTF(9)

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.

COPYRIGHT

Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014								SPRINTF(9)

SPRINTF(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						       SPRINTF(3P)

PROLOG

       This  manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
       ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       sprintf -- print formatted output

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>

       int sprintf(char *restrict s, const char *restrict format, ...);

DESCRIPTION

       Refer to fprintf().

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy  --	Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
       dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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/The Open Group						       2013							       SPRINTF(3P)