/*
** $Id: format.c 777 2008-02-16 01:47:01Z phf $
**
** Example of using snprintf() to format into a string,
** could be useful in the future... :-)
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define SIZE 1024

int main()
{
  char buffer[1024];

  // You know what this does... :-)
  printf("Bla %d, %p, %f..\n", 10, NULL, 10.2);

  // And you've seen that fprintf() writes to a file...
  fprintf(stderr, "Bla %d, %p, %f..\n", 10, NULL, 10.2);

  // But wow, we can write to a string as well, cool if
  // you want to format something before deciding where
  // to write it to... :-)
  int len = snprintf(buffer, SIZE, "Bla %d, %p, %f..", 10, NULL, 10.2);

  // Note that snprintf() is the "safe" version of sprintf()
  // which could overwrite stuff by accident; use snprintf()
  // to be able to check if something went wrong...
  if (len >= SIZE) {
    puts("error, something got truncated in snprintf!");
  }

  // Then let's print the buffer. :-)
  puts(buffer);

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}