NAME¶

vsnprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer

SYNOPSIS¶

int vsnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, va_list args);

ARGUMENTS¶

char * buf

size_t size

const char * fmt

va_list args

DESCRIPTION¶

This function generally follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some extensions and a few limitations:

n is unsupported p* is handled by pointer

See pointer or Documentation/printk-formats.txt for more extensive description.

** Please update the documentation in both places when making changes **

The return value is the number of characters which would be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing '\0', as per ISO C99. If you want to have the exact number of characters written into buf as return value (not including the trailing '\0'), use vscnprintf. If the return is greater than or equal to size, the resulting string is truncated.

If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using snprintf.

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