SPRINTF(3P)

✨ SPRINTF(3P) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to sprintf from the POSIX Programmer's Manual 💖 this is the POSIX girlie, not necessarily the Linux one, so buckle up 🎀

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

so like, real talk: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual ✨ The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux 💅

no cap, if you're on Linux and something looks off, go check the Linux page instead. it's giving "different platforms, different vibes" 🙈

💖 NAME 💖

sprintf — print formatted output 🖨️✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <stdio.h>

int sprintf(char *restrict s, const char *restrict format, ...);

look at her. iconic signature. restrict twice because she's that girl 👑

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Refer to fprintf().

fr fr that's it — she's just pointing you at her cousin. sprintf said "not me explaining myself, go read fprintf()" 😭💀

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

okay legal bestie moment, gotta keep it 💯

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group ✨

In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document 📜 (she's the main character, periodt). The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html 💻

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format 🙈 To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html 🐛

IEEE/The Open Group, 2017, SPRINTF(3P) — that's the whole vibe check, bestie 💅🫶 go format something cute, iykyk 💖✨