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===== vsprintf =====

<code c>
    int vsprintf(char *str, const char *format, va_list arg);
</code>

generate a string from a format string.
For this purpose, the buffer that is passed as first argument, the format string is copied and replaces the substitution symbol with the given parameters.

===== C Sourcecode Example =====
<code c>
/* 
 * vsprintf example code
 * http://code-reference.com/c/stdio.h/vsprintf 
 */

#include <stdio.h> /* including standard library */
//#include <windows.h> /* uncomment this for Windows */

#include <stdarg.h>
int myprintf( char const * format, ... )
{
  va_list args;
  int n;
  char buffer[200];

  va_start( args, format );
  vsprintf( buffer, format, args );
  va_end( args );

  return printf("vsprintf example : %s", buffer);
}

int main (void)
{
  char string[] ="Hello";

   myprintf( " %s World\n", string);

   return 0;
}
</code>

==== output ====


    output:  ./vsprintf 
    vsprintf example : Hello World