fmt_strm_malloc(3)

💖 fmt_strm_malloc — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual about fmt_strm_malloc, and honestly? she's a lil workhorse and we're gonna give her main character energy. let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

fmt_strm_malloc — write multiple ASCII strings, all at once, no cap 🌈

✨ SYNTAX ✨

#include <stdlib.h> #include <libowfat/fmt.h>

char* fmt_strm_malloc(const char *source, ...);

yes bestie, that's a variadic function, she takes as many string args as your heart desires 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

fmt_strm_malloc takes source and all the following function arguments, copies all leading nonzero bytes from them into a freshly allocated heap buffer, and hands you back a pointer to that buffer. it's giving "here's your string, babe, made it fresh just for you" 🎀

the buffer was allocated with malloc, so you need to call free on it when you're done. like, for real for real. don't leave her hanging, that's a memory leak and we don't do those in this house 💀

unlike fmt_strm, fmt_strm_malloc does append \0. so she's actually null-terminated. iconic behaviour honestly ⭐

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• fmt_str(3)
• fmt_strm(3)
• fmt_strm_alloca(3)
• alloca(3)
• strcpy(3)

go read those too, they're all part of the same lil friend group 🦋

and that's the whole page!! this footer is just fmt_strm_malloc(3) all over again, from the Library Functions Manual — no date or version drama to report, she's timeless 💜 mwah, go call free on your buffer, ily, bye!! 👑🌸