C++ In a Nutshell

Name

sprintf function — Writes formatted data to a string

Synopsis

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

The sprintf function is like fprintf, but instead of writing to an open file, it “writes” by copying characters to the string s. See fprintf for a description of the format parameter.

You must ensure that s is large enough for the formatted string. For some formats, this is impossible, which makes sprintf unsafe to use.

See Also

fprintf function, sscanf function, vsprintf function, wsprintf in <cwchar> , <sstream>