VFPRINTF(3) Library Functions Manual VFPRINTF(3)

vfprintf vprintf vsnprintf vsprintf — format output of a stdarg argument list

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int vfprintf(FILE *restrict stream, const char *restrict format,
       va_list ap);
int vprintf(const char *restrict format, va_list ap);
int vsnprintf(char *restrict s, size_t n, const char *restrict format,
       va_list ap);
int vsprintf(char *restrict s, const char *restrict format, va_list ap);

The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”) defers to the ISO C standard.

The vprintf (), vfprintf (), vsnprintf (), and vsprintf () functions shall be equivalent to printf(3), fprintf(3), snprintf(3), and sprintf(3) respectively, except that instead of being called with a variable number of arguments, they are called with an argument list as defined by <stdarg.h>.

These functions shall not invoke the va_end macro. As these functions invoke the macro, the value of ap after the return is unspecified.

Refer to fprintf(3).

Refer to fprintf(3).

None.

Applications using these functions should call va_end ( ap) afterwards to clean up.

None.

None.

fprintf(3), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), <stdarg.h>, <stdio.h>

First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

The vsnprintf () function is added.

The vfprintf (), vprintf (), vsnprintf (), and vsprintf () functions are updated for alignment with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”) standard.

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