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Defined in header <stdio.h> | ||
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int printf(constchar* format, ...); | (until C99) | |
int printf(constchar*restrict format, ...); | (since C99) | |
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int fprintf(FILE* stream,constchar* format, ...); | (until C99) | |
int fprintf(FILE*restrict stream,constchar*restrict format, ...); | (since C99) | |
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int sprintf(char* buffer,constchar* format, ...); | (until C99) | |
int sprintf(char*restrict buffer,constchar*restrict format, ...); | (since C99) | |
int snprintf(char*restrict buffer,size_t bufsz, constchar*restrict format, ...); | (4) | (since C99) |
int printf_s(constchar*restrict format, ...); | (5) | (since C11) |
int fprintf_s(FILE*restrict stream,constchar*restrict format, ...); | (6) | (since C11) |
int sprintf_s(char*restrict buffer, rsize_t bufsz, constchar*restrict format, ...); | (7) | (since C11) |
int snprintf_s(char*restrict buffer, rsize_t bufsz, constchar*restrict format, ...); | (8) | (since C11) |
Loads the data from the given locations, converts them to character string equivalents and writes the results to a variety of sinks/streams:
%n
is present informat%s
is a null pointersprintf_s
only), the string to be stored inbuffer (including the trailing null) would exceedbufsz.printf_s
,fprintf_s
,sprintf_s
, andsnprintf_s
are only guaranteed to be available if__STDC_LIB_EXT1__ is defined by the implementation and if the user defines__STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ to the integer constant1 before including<stdio.h>.Contents |
stream | - | output file stream to write to |
buffer | - | pointer to a character string to write to |
bufsz | - | up tobufsz-1 characters may be written, plus the null terminator |
format | - | pointer to a null-terminated byte string specifying how to interpret the data |
... | - | arguments specifying data to print. If any argument afterdefault argument promotions is not the type expected by the corresponding conversion specification (the expected type is the promoted type or a compatible type of the promoted type), or if there are fewer arguments than required byformat, the behavior is undefined. If there are more arguments than required byformat, the extraneous arguments are evaluated and ignored. |
Theformat string consists of ordinary byte characters (except%
), which are copied unchanged into the output stream, and conversion specifications. Each conversion specification has the following format:
%
character.-
: the result of the conversion is left-justified within the field (by default it is right-justified).+
: the sign of signed conversions is always prepended to the result of the conversion (by default the result is preceded by minus only when it is negative).+
flag is present.#
:alternative form of the conversion is performed. See the table below for exact effects otherwise the behavior is undefined.0
: for integer and floating-point number conversions, leading zeros are used to pad the field instead ofspace characters. For integer numbers it is ignored if the precision is explicitly specified. For other conversions using this flag results in undefined behavior. It is ignored if-
flag is present.*
that specifies minimum field width. The result is padded withspace characters (by default), if required, on the left when right-justified, or on the right if left-justified. In the case when*
is used, the width is specified by an additional argument of typeint, which appears before the argument to be converted and the argument supplying precision if one is supplied. If the value of the argument is negative, it results with the-
flag specified and positive field width (Note: This is the minimum width: The value is never truncated.)..
followed by integer number or*
, or neither that specifiesprecision of the conversion. In the case when*
is used, theprecision is specified by an additional argument of typeint, which appears before the argument to be converted, but after the argument supplying minimum field width if one is supplied. If the value of this argument is negative, it is ignored. If neither a number nor*
is used, the precision is taken as zero. See the table below for exact effects ofprecision.The following format specifiers are available:
Conversion Specifier | Explanation | Expected Argument Type | ||||||||
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Length Modifier→ | hh | h | none | l | ll | j | z | t | L | |
Only available since C99→ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
% | Writes literal% . The full conversion specification must be%% . | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
c | Writes asingle character.
| N/A | N/A | int | wint_t | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
s | Writes acharacter string.
| N/A | N/A | char* | wchar_t* | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
d i | Converts asigned integer into decimal representation[-]dddd.
| signedchar | short | int | long | longlong | ※ | N/A | ||
o | Converts anunsigned integer into octal representationoooo.
| unsignedchar | unsignedshort | unsignedint | unsignedlong | unsignedlonglong | unsigned version ofptrdiff_t | N/A | ||
x X | Converts anunsigned integer into hexadecimal representationhhhh.
| N/A | ||||||||
u | Converts anunsigned integer into decimal representationdddd.
| N/A | ||||||||
f F (C99) | Convertsfloating-point number to the decimal notation in the style[-]ddd.ddd.
| N/A | N/A | double | double(C99) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | longdouble |
e E | Convertsfloating-point number to the decimal exponent notation.
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
a A (C99) | Convertsfloating-point number to the hexadecimal exponent notation.
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
g G | Convertsfloating-point number to decimal or decimal exponent notation depending on the value and theprecision.
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
n | Returns thenumber of characters written so far by this call to the function.
| signedchar* | short* | int* | long* | longlong* | ※ | N/A | ||
p | Writes an implementation defined character sequence defining apointer. | N/A | N/A | void* | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Notes | ||||||||||
The floating-point conversion functions convert infinity to Not-a-number is converted to The conversions The conversion specifier used to printchar,unsignedchar,signedchar,short, andunsignedshort expects promoted types ofdefault argument promotions, but before printing its value will be converted tochar,unsignedchar,signedchar,short, andunsignedshort. It is safe to pass values of these types because of the promotion that takes place when a variadic function is called. The correct conversion specifications for the fixed-width character types (int8_t, etc) are defined in the header<inttypes.h> (althoughPRIdMAX,PRIuMAX, etc is synonymous with The memory-writing conversion specifier There is asequence point after the action of each conversion specifier; this permits storing multiple If a conversion specification is invalid, the behavior is undefined. |
The C standard andPOSIX specify that the behavior ofsprintf
and its variants is undefined when an argument overlaps with the destination buffer. Example:
sprintf(dst,"%s and %s", dst, t);// <- broken: undefined behavior
POSIX specifies thaterrno is set on error. It also specifies additional conversion specifications, most notably support for argument reordering (n$ immediately after% indicatesn
th argument).
Callingsnprintf
with zerobufsz and null pointer forbuffer is useful to determine the necessary buffer size to contain the output:
snprintf_s
, just likesnprintf
, but unlikesprintf_s
, will truncate the output to fit inbufsz-1.
#include <inttypes.h>#include <stdint.h>#include <stdio.h> int main(void){constchar* s="Hello"; printf("Strings:\n");// same as puts("Strings"); printf(" padding:\n"); printf("\t[%10s]\n", s); printf("\t[%-10s]\n", s); printf("\t[%*s]\n",10, s); printf(" truncating:\n"); printf("\t%.4s\n", s); printf("\t%.*s\n",3, s); printf("Characters:\t%c %%\n",'A'); printf("Integers:\n"); printf("\tDecimal:\t%i %d %.6i %i %.0i %+i %i\n",1,2,3,0,0,4,-4); printf("\tHexadecimal:\t%x %x %X %#x\n",5,10,10,6); printf("\tOctal:\t\t%o %#o %#o\n",10,10,4); printf("Floating-point:\n"); printf("\tRounding:\t%f %.0f %.32f\n",1.5,1.5,1.3); printf("\tPadding:\t%05.2f %.2f %5.2f\n",1.5,1.5,1.5); printf("\tScientific:\t%E %e\n",1.5,1.5); printf("\tHexadecimal:\t%a %A\n",1.5,1.5); printf("\tSpecial values:\t0/0=%g 1/0=%g\n",0.0/0.0,1.0/0.0); printf("Fixed-width types:\n"); printf("\tLargest 32-bit value is %"PRIu32" or %#"PRIx32"\n",UINT32_MAX,UINT32_MAX);}
Possible output:
Strings: padding: [ Hello] [Hello ] [ Hello] truncating: Hell HelCharacters: A %Integers: Decimal: 1 2 000003 0 +4 -4 Hexadecimal: 5 a A 0x6 Octal: 12 012 04Floating-point: Rounding: 1.500000 2 1.30000000000000004440892098500626 Padding: 01.50 1.50 1.50 Scientific: 1.500000E+00 1.500000e+00 Hexadecimal: 0x1.8p+0 0X1.8P+0 Special values: 0/0=-nan 1/0=infFixed-width types: Largest 32-bit value is 4294967295 or 0xffffffff
(C95)(C95)(C95)(C11)(C11)(C11)(C11) | prints formatted wide character output tostdout, a file stream or a buffer (function)[edit] |
(C99)(C11)(C11)(C11)(C11) | prints formatted output tostdout, a file stream or a buffer using variable argument list (function)[edit] |
writes a character string to a file stream (function)[edit] | |
(C11)(C11)(C11) | reads formatted input fromstdin, a file stream or a buffer (function)[edit] |
C++ documentation forprintf,fprintf,sprintf,snprintf |