NAME

vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf − print formatted output of a varargs argument list

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
#include <varargs.h>

int vprintf(format, ap)
char ∗format;
va_list ap;

int vfprintf(stream, format, ap)
FILE ∗stream;
char ∗format;
va_list ap;

char ∗vsprintf(s, format, ap)
char ∗s, ∗format;
va_list ap;

SYSTEM V SYNOPSIS

int vsprintf(s, format, ap)
char ∗s, ∗format;
va_list ap;

DESCRIPTION

vprintf(), vfprintf(), and vsprintf() are the same as printf(3V), fprintf(), and sprintf() (see printf(3V)) respectively, except that instead of being called with a variable number of arguments, they are called with an argument list as defined by varargs(3). 

RETURN VALUES

On success, vprintf() and vfprintf() return the number of characters transmitted, excluding the null character.  On failure, they return EOF. 

vsprintf() returns s.

SYSTEM V RETURN VALUES

vsprintf() returns the number of characters transmitted, excluding the null character. 

EXAMPLES

The following demonstrates how vfprintf() could be used to write an error routine. 

#include <stdio.h>
#include <varargs.h>
...
/∗  error should be called like:
∗error(function_name, format, arg1, arg2...);
∗  Note: function_name and format cannot be declared
∗  separately because of the definition of varargs.
∗/
/∗VARARGS0∗/
void
error (va_alist)
va_dcl
{
va_list args;
char ∗fmt;
 va_start(args);
/∗ print name of function causing error ∗/
(void) fprintf(stderr, "ERROR in %s: ", va_arg(args, char ∗));
fmt = va_arg(args, char ∗);
/∗ print out remainder of message ∗/
(void) vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
va_end(args);
(void) abort();
}

SEE ALSO

printf(3V), varargs(3)

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  21 January 1990