SPRINTF(3POSIX)

💖 SPRINTF — the POSIX Programmer's Manual era 💖

okay bestie, so this page is literally part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual (that's the manual name, we're keeping it, it's iconic) and we're about to get into sprintf. stay with me, it's short but it's important 🫶

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✨ PROLOG ✨

so like, heads up before we even start:

• this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual, periodt.
• the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — and if you're on Linux you should lowkey go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior instead. different vibe, different page, no cap.
• also?? the interface might just not be implemented on Linux at all. so like… vibe check first, bestie. 🙈

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👑 NAME 👑

sprintf — print formatted output

(that's it. that's the whole name section. short queen.)

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <stdio.h>

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

yes, the ... is doing main character energy there, don't worry about it, it's just vibes 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so. this is the part where I have to tell you the truth: this page just says

Refer to fprintf().

that's literally it. the whole description. she's minimal, she's mysterious, she's pointing you at her sister function. fprintf() is where all the actual formatting lore lives, so if you need the real tea on conversion specifiers and all that, go read that one. this page is just the girl who says "ask my friend" 💅

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

gotta give credit where credit is due, bestie, this is the legal bit:

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. (so like… if something looks off, the original wins. it's the final boss. 🔥)

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 .

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page! love that for us.

so the source is IEEE/The Open Group, and the version/date on this one is 2017 — and the page itself is SPRINTF(3POSIX) from the POSIX Programmer's Manual. thanks for reading, bestie, go format something cute ✨💖🎀