sprintf, swprintf
Write formatted data to a string.
int sprintf( char *buffer, const char *format [, argument] ... );
int swprintf( wchar_t *buffer, const wchar_t *format [, argument] ... );
Routine Required Header Compatibility
sprintf <stdio.h> ANSI, Win 95, Win NT
swprintf <stdio.h> or <wchar.h> ANSI, Win 95, Win NT
For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.
Libraries
LIBC.LIB Single thread static library, retail version
LIBCMT.LIB Multithread static library, retail version
MSVCRT.LIB Import library for MSVCRT.DLL, retail version
Return Value
sprintf returns the number of bytes stored in buffer, not counting the terminating null character. swprintf returns the number of wide characters stored in buffer, not counting the terminating null wide character.
Parameters
buffer
Storage location for output
format
Format-control string
argument
Optional arguments
For more information, see Format Specifications.
Remarks
The sprintf function formats and stores a series of characters and values in buffer. Each argument (if any) is converted and output according to the corresponding format specification in format. The format consists of ordinary characters and has the same form and function as the format argument for printf. A null character is appended after the last character written. If copying occurs between strings that overlap, the behavior is undefined.
swprintf is a wide-character version of sprintf; the pointer arguments to swprintf are wide-character strings. Detection of encoding errors in swprintf may differ from that in sprintf. swprintf and fwprintf behave identically except that swprintf writes output to a string rather than to a destination of type FILE.
Generic-Text Routine Mappings
TCHAR.H Routine _UNICODE & _MBCS Not Defined _MBCS Defined _UNICODE Defined
_stprintf sprintf sprintf swprintf
Example
/* SPRINTF.C: This program uses sprintf to format various
* data and place them in the string named buffer.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
void main( void )
{
char buffer[200], s[] = "computer", c = 'l';
int i = 35, j;
float fp = 1.7320534f;
/* Format and print various data: */
j = sprintf( buffer, "\tString: %s\n", s );
j += sprintf( buffer + j, "\tCharacter: %c\n", c );
j += sprintf( buffer + j, "\tInteger: %d\n", i );
j += sprintf( buffer + j, "\tReal: %f\n", fp );
printf( "Output:\n%s\ncharacter count = %d\n", buffer, j );
}
Output
Output:
String: computer
Character: l
Integer: 35
Real: 1.732053
character count = 71
Stream I/O Routines
See Also _snprintf, fprintf, printf, scanf, sscanf, vprintf Functions