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sprintf - send formatted output to a string

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
int sprintf(string ptr, string format);

DESCRIPTION

sprintf stores in ptr a string formatted along the lines of format.

RETURN VALUE

On success, sprintf returns the total number of characters written to ptr. Otherwise, a negative number is returned.

EXAMPLE

char buffer[50];

int course = 50;

sprintf(buffer,"CS%d rocks!", course);

printf("%s\n", buffer);


%d print out digit
 
%i print out integer
 
%f print out float
 
%c print out character
 
%s print out string
 
%2d print out digit using at least 2 characters
 
%.2d specifies precision


For example:

printf ("Preceding with blanks: %10d \n", 1977);
printf ("Preceding with zeros: %010d \n", 1977);

Output:

Preceding with blanks:       1977
Preceding with zeros: 0000001977