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Skeletons for the C Compiler User's Guide, 1983
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date Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:17:53 +0000
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1 <refentry id="printf">
2
3 <refnamediv>
4 <refname>printf</refname>
5 <refname>fprintf</refname>
6 <refname>sprintf</refname>
7 <refpurpose>formatted output</refpurpose>
8 </refnamediv>
9
10 <refsynopsisdiv>
11
12 <funcsynopsis>
13 <funcsynopsisinfo>
14 #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
15 </funcsynopsisinfo>
16 <funcprototype>
17 <funcdef><function>printf</function></funcdef>
18 <paramdef>char *<parameter>control</parameter></paramdef>
19 <paramdef>..</paramdef>
20 </funcprototype>
21
22 <funcprototype>
23 <funcdef><function>fprintf</function></funcdef>
24 <paramdef>FILE *<parameter>fp</parameter></paramdef>
25 <paramdef>char *<parameter>control</parameter></paramdef>
26 <paramdef>...</paramdef>
27 </funcprototype>
28
29 <funcprototype>
30 <funcdef><function>sprintf</function></funcdef>
31 <paramdef>char *<parameter>string</parameter></paramdef>
32 <paramdef>char *<parameter>control</parameter></paramdef>
33 <paramdef>...</paramdef>
34 </funcprototype>
35 </funcsynopsis>
36
37 </refsynopsisdiv>
38
39 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
40 <para>
41 Thse three functions are used to place numbers and strings on
42 the output in formatted, human readable form.
43 </para>
44 <para>
45 Fprintf places its output on the file "fp", printf on the
46 standard output, and sprintf in the buffer pointed to by
47 "string". NOTE that it is the user's responsibility to ensure
48 that this buffer is large enough.
49 </para>
50 </refsect1>
51 </refentry>