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NAME top

   printf, fprintf, dprintf, sprintf, snprintf, vprintf, vfprintf,
   vdprintf, vsprintf, vsnprintf - formatted output conversion

LIBRARY top

   Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <stdio.h>**

   **int printf(const char *restrict** _format_**, ...);**
   **int fprintf(FILE *restrict** _stream_**,**
               **const char *restrict** _format_**, ...);**
   **int dprintf(int** _fd_**,**
               **const char *restrict** _format_**, ...);**
   **int sprintf(char *restrict** _str_**,**
               **const char *restrict** _format_**, ...);**
   **int snprintf(char** _str_**[restrict .**_size_**], size_t** _size_**,**
               **const char *restrict** _format_**, ...);**

   **int vprintf(const char *restrict** _format_**, va_list** _ap_**);**
   **int vfprintf(FILE *restrict** _stream_**,**
               **const char *restrict** _format_**, va_list** _ap_**);**
   **int vdprintf(int** _fd_**,**
               **const char *restrict** _format_**, va_list** _ap_**);**
   **int vsprintf(char *restrict** _str_**,**
               **const char *restrict** _format_**, va_list** _ap_**);**
   **int vsnprintf(char** _str_**[restrict .**_size_**], size_t** _size_**,**
               **const char *restrict** _format_**, va_list** _ap_**);**

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

   **snprintf**(), **vsnprintf**():
       _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _ISOC99_SOURCE
           || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE

   **dprintf**(), **vdprintf**():
       Since glibc 2.10:
           _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
       Before glibc 2.10:
           _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION top

   The functions in the **printf**() family produce output according to a
   _format_ as described below.  The functions **printf**() and **vprintf**()
   write output to _stdout_, the standard output stream; **fprintf**() and
   **vfprintf**() write output to the given output _stream_; **sprintf**(),
   **snprintf**(), **vsprintf**(), and **vsnprintf**() write to the character
   string _str_.

   The function **dprintf**() is the same as **fprintf**() except that it
   outputs to a file descriptor, _fd_, instead of to a [stdio(3)](../man3/stdio.3.html) stream.

   The functions **snprintf**() and **vsnprintf**() write at most _size_ bytes
   (including the terminating null byte ('\0')) to _str_.

   The functions **vprintf**(), **vfprintf**(), **vdprintf**(), **vsprintf**(),
   **vsnprintf**() are equivalent to the functions **printf**(), **fprintf**(),
   **dprintf**(), **sprintf**(), **snprintf**(), respectively, except that they
   are called with a _valist_ instead of a variable number of
   arguments.  These functions do not call the _vaend_ macro.  Because
   they invoke the _vaarg_ macro, the value of _ap_ is undefined after
   the call.  See [stdarg(3)](../man3/stdarg.3.html).

   All of these functions write the output under the control of a
   _format_ string that specifies how subsequent arguments (or
   arguments accessed via the variable-length argument facilities of
   [stdarg(3)](../man3/stdarg.3.html)) are converted for output.

   C99 and POSIX.1-2001 specify that the results are undefined if a
   call to **sprintf**(), **snprintf**(), **vsprintf**(), or **vsnprintf**() would
   cause copying to take place between objects that overlap (e.g., if
   the target string array and one of the supplied input arguments
   refer to the same buffer).  See CAVEATS.

Format of the format string The format string is a character string, beginning and ending in its initial shift state, if any. The format string is composed of zero or more directives: ordinary characters (not %), which are copied unchanged to the output stream; and conversion specifications, each of which results in fetching zero or more subsequent arguments. Each conversion specification is introduced by the character %, and ends with a conversion specifier. In between there may be (in this order) zero or more flags, an optional minimum field width, an optional precision and an optional length modifier.

   The overall syntax of a conversion specification is:

       %[argument$][flags][width][.precision][length modifier]conversion

   The arguments must correspond properly (after type promotion) with
   the conversion specifier.  By default, the arguments are used in
   the order given, where each '*' (see _Field width_ and _Precision_
   below) and each conversion specifier asks for the next argument
   (and it is an error if insufficiently many arguments are given).
   One can also specify explicitly which argument is taken, at each
   place where an argument is required, by writing "%m$" instead of
   '%' and "*m$" instead of '*', where the decimal integer _m_ denotes
   the position in the argument list of the desired argument, indexed
   starting from 1.  Thus,

       printf("%*d", width, num);

   and

       printf("%2$*1$d", width, num);

   are equivalent.  The second style allows repeated references to
   the same argument.  The C99 standard does not include the style
   using '$', which comes from the Single UNIX Specification.  If the
   style using '$' is used, it must be used throughout for all
   conversions taking an argument and all width and precision
   arguments, but it may be mixed with "%%" formats, which do not
   consume an argument.  There may be no gaps in the numbers of
   arguments specified using '$'; for example, if arguments 1 and 3
   are specified, argument 2 must also be specified somewhere in the
   format string.

   For some numeric conversions a radix character ("decimal point")
   or thousands' grouping character is used.  The actual character
   used depends on the **LC_NUMERIC** part of the locale.  (See
   [setlocale(3)](../man3/setlocale.3.html).)  The POSIX locale uses '.' as radix character, and
   does not have a grouping character.  Thus,

       printf("%'.2f", 1234567.89);

   results in "1234567.89" in the POSIX locale, in "1234567,89" in
   the nl_NL locale, and in "1.234.567,89" in the da_DK locale.

Flag characters The character % is followed by zero or more of the following flags:

   **#** The value should be converted to an "alternate form".  For
          **o** conversions, the first character of the output string is
          made zero (by prefixing a 0 if it was not zero already).
          For **x** and **X** conversions, a nonzero result has the string
          "0x" (or "0X" for **X** conversions) prepended to it.  For **a**,
          **A**, **e**, **E**, **f**, **F**, **g**, and **G** conversions, the result will always
          contain a decimal point, even if no digits follow it
          (normally, a decimal point appears in the results of those
          conversions only if a digit follows).  For **g** and **G**
          conversions, trailing zeros are not removed from the result
          as they would otherwise be.  For **m**, if _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ contains a
          valid error code, the output of _strerrornamenp(errno)_ is
          printed; otherwise, the value stored in _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ is printed as
          a decimal number.  For other conversions, the result is
          undefined.

   **0** The value should be zero padded.  For **d**, **i**, **o**, **u**, **x**, **X**, **a**,
          **A**, **e**, **E**, **f**, **F**, **g**, and **G** conversions, the converted value is
          padded on the left with zeros rather than blanks.  If the **0**
          and **-** flags both appear, the **0** flag is ignored.  If a
          precision is given with an integer conversion (**d**, **i**, **o**, **u**,
          **x**, and **X**), the **0** flag is ignored.  For other conversions,
          the behavior is undefined.

   **-** The converted value is to be left adjusted on the field
          boundary.  (The default is right justification.)  The
          converted value is padded on the right with blanks, rather
          than on the left with blanks or zeros.  A **-** overrides a **0**
          if both are given.

   **' '** (a space) A blank should be left before a positive number
          (or empty string) produced by a signed conversion.

   **+** A sign (+ or -) should always be placed before a number
          produced by a signed conversion.  By default, a sign is
          used only for negative numbers.  A **+** overrides a space if
          both are used.

   The five flag characters above are defined in the C99 standard.
   POSIX specifies one further flag character.

   **'** For decimal conversion (**i**, **d**, **u**, **f**, **F**, **g**, **G**) the output is
          to be grouped with thousands' grouping characters as a _non-_
          _monetary_ quantity.  Misleadingly, this isn't necessarily
          every thousand: for example Karbi ("mjw_IN"), groups its
          digits into 3 once, then 2 repeatedly.  Compare [locale(7)](../man7/locale.7.html)
          _grouping_ and _thousandssep_, contrast with
          _mongrouping_/_monthousandssep_ and [strfmon(3)](../man3/strfmon.3.html).  This is a
          no-op in the default "C" locale.

   glibc 2.2 adds one further flag character.

   **I** For decimal integer conversion (**i**, **d**, **u**) the output uses
          the locale's alternative output digits, if any.  For
          example, since glibc 2.2.3 this will give Arabic-Indic
          digits in the Persian ("fa_IR") locale.

Field width An optional decimal digit string (with nonzero first digit) specifying a minimum field width. If the converted value has fewer characters than the field width, it will be padded with spaces on the left (or right, if the left-adjustment flag has been given). Instead of a decimal digit string one may write "*" or "*m$" (for some decimal integer m) to specify that the field width is given in the next argument, or in the m-th argument, respectively, which must be of type int. A negative field width is taken as a '-' flag followed by a positive field width. In no case does a nonexistent or small field width cause truncation of a field; if the result of a conversion is wider than the field width, the field is expanded to contain the conversion result.

Precision An optional precision, in the form of a period ('.') followed by an optional decimal digit string. Instead of a decimal digit string one may write "*" or "*m$" (for some decimal integer m) to specify that the precision is given in the next argument, or in the m-th argument, respectively, which must be of type int. If the precision is given as just '.', the precision is taken to be zero. A negative precision is taken as if the precision were omitted. This gives the minimum number of digits to appear for d, i, o, u, x, and X conversions, the number of digits to appear after the radix character for a, A, e, E, f, and F conversions, the maximum number of significant digits for g and G conversions, or the maximum number of characters to be printed from a string for s and S conversions.

Length modifier Here, "integer conversion" stands for d, i, o, u, x, or X conversion.

   **hh** A following integer conversion corresponds to a _signed char_
          or _unsigned char_ argument, or a following **n** conversion
          corresponds to a pointer to a _signed char_ argument.

   **h** A following integer conversion corresponds to a _short_ or
          _unsigned short_ argument, or a following **n** conversion
          corresponds to a pointer to a _short_ argument.

   **l** (ell) A following integer conversion corresponds to a _long_
          or _unsigned long_ argument, or a following **n** conversion
          corresponds to a pointer to a _long_ argument, or a following
          **c** conversion corresponds to a _wintt_ argument, or a
          following **s** conversion corresponds to a pointer to _wchart_
          argument.  On a following **a**, **A**, **e**, **E**, **f**, **F**, **g**, or **G**
          conversion, this length modifier is ignored (C99; not in
          SUSv2).

   **ll** (ell-ell).  A following integer conversion corresponds to a
          _long long_ or _unsigned long long_ argument, or a following **n**
          conversion corresponds to a pointer to a _long long_
          argument.

   **q** A synonym for **ll**.  This is a nonstandard extension, derived
          from BSD; avoid its use in new code.

   **L** A following **a**, **A**, **e**, **E**, **f**, **F**, **g**, or **G** conversion
          corresponds to a _long double_ argument.  (C99 allows %LF,
          but SUSv2 does not.)

   **j** A following integer conversion corresponds to an _intmaxt_
          or _uintmaxt_ argument, or a following **n** conversion
          corresponds to a pointer to an _intmaxt_ argument.

   **z** A following integer conversion corresponds to a _sizet_ or
          _ssizet_ argument, or a following **n** conversion corresponds
          to a pointer to a _sizet_ argument.

   **Z** A nonstandard synonym for **z** that predates the appearance of
          **z**.  Do not use in new code.

   **t** A following integer conversion corresponds to a _ptrdifft_
          argument, or a following **n** conversion corresponds to a
          pointer to a _ptrdifft_ argument.

   SUSv3 specifies all of the above, except for those modifiers
   explicitly noted as being nonstandard extensions.  SUSv2 specified
   only the length modifiers **h** (in **hd**, **hi**, **ho**, **hx**, **hX**, **hn**) and **l** (in
   **ld**, **li**, **lo**, **lx**, **lX**, **ln**, **lc**, **ls**) and **L** (in **Le**, **LE**, **Lf**, **Lg**, **LG**).

   As a nonstandard extension, the GNU implementations treats **ll** and
   **L** as synonyms, so that one can, for example, write **llg** (as a
   synonym for the standards-compliant **Lg**) and **Ld** (as a synonym for
   the standards compliant **lld**).  Such usage is nonportable.

Conversion specifiers A character that specifies the type of conversion to be applied. The conversion specifiers and their meanings are:

   **d**, **i** The _int_ argument is converted to signed decimal notation.
          The precision, if any, gives the minimum number of digits
          that must appear; if the converted value requires fewer
          digits, it is padded on the left with zeros.  The default
          precision is 1.  When 0 is printed with an explicit
          precision 0, the output is empty.

   **o**, **u**, **x**, **X**
          The _unsigned int_ argument is converted to unsigned octal
          (**o**), unsigned decimal (**u**), or unsigned hexadecimal (**x** and
          **X**) notation.  The letters **abcdef** are used for **x**
          conversions; the letters **ABCDEF** are used for **X** conversions.
          The precision, if any, gives the minimum number of digits
          that must appear; if the converted value requires fewer
          digits, it is padded on the left with zeros.  The default
          precision is 1.  When 0 is printed with an explicit
          precision 0, the output is empty.

   **e**, **E** The _double_ argument is rounded and converted in the style
          [-]d**.**ddd**e**±dd where there is one digit (which is nonzero if
          the argument is nonzero) before the decimal-point character
          and the number of digits after it is equal to the
          precision; if the precision is missing, it is taken as 6;
          if the precision is zero, no decimal-point character
          appears.  An **E** conversion uses the letter **E** (rather than **e**)
          to introduce the exponent.  The exponent always contains at
          least two digits; if the value is zero, the exponent is 00.

   **f**, **F** The _double_ argument is rounded and converted to decimal
          notation in the style [-]ddd**.**ddd, where the number of
          digits after the decimal-point character is equal to the
          precision specification.  If the precision is missing, it
          is taken as 6; if the precision is explicitly zero, no
          decimal-point character appears.  If a decimal point
          appears, at least one digit appears before it.

          (SUSv2 does not know about **F** and says that character string
          representations for infinity and NaN may be made available.
          SUSv3 adds a specification for **F**.  The C99 standard
          specifies "[-]inf" or "[-]infinity" for infinity, and a
          string starting with "nan" for NaN, in the case of **f**
          conversion, and "[-]INF" or "[-]INFINITY" or "NAN" in the
          case of **F** conversion.)

   **g**, **G** The _double_ argument is converted in style **f** or **e** (or **F** or **E**
          for **G** conversions).  The precision specifies the number of
          significant digits.  If the precision is missing, 6 digits
          are given; if the precision is zero, it is treated as 1.
          Style **e** is used if the exponent from its conversion is less
          than -4 or greater than or equal to the precision.
          Trailing zeros are removed from the fractional part of the
          result; a decimal point appears only if it is followed by
          at least one digit.

   **a**, **A** (C99; not in SUSv2, but added in SUSv3) For **a** conversion,
          the _double_ argument is converted to hexadecimal notation
          (using the letters abcdef) in the style [-]**0x**h**.**hhhh**p**±d; for
          **A** conversion the prefix **0X**, the letters ABCDEF, and the
          exponent separator **P** is used.  There is one hexadecimal
          digit before the radix point, and the number of digits
          after it is equal to the precision.  The default precision
          suffices for an exact representation of the value if an
          exact representation in base 2 exists and otherwise is
          sufficiently large to distinguish values of type _double_.
          The digit before the radix point is unspecified for
          nonnormalized numbers, and nonzero but otherwise
          unspecified for normalized numbers.  The exponent, _d_, is
          the appropriate exponent of 2 expressed as a decimal
          integer; it always contains at least one digit; if the
          value is zero, the exponent is 0.

   **c** If no **l** modifier is present, the _int_ argument is converted
          to an _unsigned char_, and the resulting character is
          written.  If an **l** modifier is present, the _wintt_ (wide
          character) argument is converted to a multibyte sequence by
          a call to the [wcrtomb(3)](../man3/wcrtomb.3.html) function, with a conversion state
          starting in the initial state, and the resulting multibyte
          string is written.

   **s** If no **l** modifier is present: the _const char *_ argument is
          expected to be a pointer to an array of character type
          (pointer to a string).  Characters from the array are
          written up to (but not including) a terminating null byte
          ('\0'); if a precision is specified, no more than the
          number specified are written.  If a precision is given, no
          null byte need be present; if the precision is not
          specified, or is greater than the size of the array, the
          array must contain a terminating null byte.

          If an **l** modifier is present: the _const wchart *_ argument
          is expected to be a pointer to an array of wide characters.
          Wide characters from the array are converted to multibyte
          characters (each by a call to the [wcrtomb(3)](../man3/wcrtomb.3.html) function, with
          a conversion state starting in the initial state before the
          first wide character), up to and including a terminating
          null wide character.  The resulting multibyte characters
          are written up to (but not including) the terminating null
          byte.  If a precision is specified, no more bytes than the
          number specified are written, but no partial multibyte
          characters are written.  Note that the precision determines
          the number of _bytes_ written, not the number of _wide_
          _characters_ or _screen positions_.  The array must contain a
          terminating null wide character, unless a precision is
          given and it is so small that the number of bytes written
          exceeds it before the end of the array is reached.

   **C** (Not in C99 or C11, but in SUSv2, SUSv3, and SUSv4.)
          Synonym for **lc**.  Don't use.

   **S** (Not in C99 or C11, but in SUSv2, SUSv3, and SUSv4.)
          Synonym for **ls**.  Don't use.

   **p** The _void *_ pointer argument is printed in hexadecimal (as
          if by **%#x** or **%#lx**).

   **n** The number of characters written so far is stored into the
          integer pointed to by the corresponding argument.  That
          argument shall be an _int *_, or variant whose size matches
          the (optionally) supplied integer length modifier.  No
          argument is converted.  (This specifier is not supported by
          the bionic C library.)  The behavior is undefined if the
          conversion specification includes any flags, a field width,
          or a precision.

   **m** (glibc extension; supported by uClibc and musl.)  Print
          output of _strerror(errno)_ (or _strerrornamenp(errno)_ in the
          alternate form).  No argument is required.

   **%** A '%' is written.  No argument is converted.  The complete
          conversion specification is '%%'.

RETURN VALUE top

   Upon successful return, these functions return the number of bytes
   printed (excluding the null byte used to end output to strings).

   The functions **snprintf**() and **vsnprintf**() do not write more than
   _size_ bytes (including the terminating null byte ('\0')).  If the
   output was truncated due to this limit, then the return value is
   the number of characters (excluding the terminating null byte)
   which would have been written to the final string if enough space
   had been available.  Thus, a return value of _size_ or more means
   that the output was truncated.  (See also below under CAVEATS.)

   If an output error is encountered, a negative value is returned.

ATTRIBUTES top

   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
   [attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
   ┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
   │ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
   ├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
   │ **printf**(), **fprintf**(),          │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
   │ **sprintf**(), **snprintf**(),        │               │                │
   │ **vprintf**(), **vfprintf**(),        │               │                │
   │ **vsprintf**(), **vsnprintf**()       │               │                │
   └───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

STANDARDS top

   **fprintf**()
   **printf**()
   **sprintf**()
   **vprintf**()
   **vfprintf**()
   **vsprintf**()
   **snprintf**()
   **vsnprintf**()
          C11, POSIX.1-2008.

   **dprintf**()
   **vdprintf**()
          GNU, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY top

   **fprintf**()
   **printf**()
   **sprintf**()
   **vprintf**()
   **vfprintf**()
   **vsprintf**()
          C89, POSIX.1-2001.

   **snprintf**()
   **vsnprintf**()
          SUSv2, C99, POSIX.1-2001.

          Concerning the return value of **snprintf**(), SUSv2 and C99
          contradict each other: when **snprintf**() is called with
          _size_=0 then SUSv2 stipulates an unspecified return value
          less than 1, while C99 allows _str_ to be NULL in this case,
          and gives the return value (as always) as the number of
          characters that would have been written in case the output
          string has been large enough.  POSIX.1-2001 and later align
          their specification of **snprintf**() with C99.

   **dprintf**()
   **vdprintf**()
          GNU, POSIX.1-2008.

   Issue 4 of the X/Open Portability Guide (SUSv1, 1994) adds **'**.

   glibc 2.1 adds length modifiers **hh**, **j**, **t**, and **z** and conversion
   characters **a** and **A**.

   glibc 2.2 adds the conversion character **F** with C99 semantics, and
   the flag character **I**.

   glibc 2.35 gives a meaning to the alternate form (**#**) of the **m**
   conversion specifier, that is _%#m_.

CAVEATS top

   Some programs imprudently rely on code such as the following

       sprintf(buf, "%s some further text", buf);

   to append text to _buf_.  However, the standards explicitly note
   that the results are undefined if source and destination buffers
   overlap when calling **sprintf**(), **snprintf**(), **vsprintf**(), and
   **vsnprintf**().  Depending on the version of [gcc(1)](../man1/gcc.1.html) used, and the
   compiler options employed, calls such as the above will **not**
   produce the expected results.

   The glibc implementation of the functions **snprintf**() and
   **vsnprintf**() conforms to the C99 standard, that is, behaves as
   described above, since glibc 2.1.  Until glibc 2.0.6, they would
   return -1 when the output was truncated.

BUGS top

   Because **sprintf**() and **vsprintf**() assume an arbitrarily long
   string, callers must be careful not to overflow the actual space;
   this is often impossible to assure.  Note that the length of the
   strings produced is locale-dependent and difficult to predict.
   Use **snprintf**() and **vsnprintf**() instead (or [asprintf(3)](../man3/asprintf.3.html) and
   [vasprintf(3)](../man3/vasprintf.3.html)).

   Code such as **printf(**_foo_**);** often indicates a bug, since _foo_ may
   contain a % character.  If _foo_ comes from untrusted user input, it
   may contain **%n**, causing the **printf**() call to write to memory and
   creating a security hole.

EXAMPLES top

   To print _Pi_ to five decimal places:

       #include <math.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       fprintf(stdout, "pi = %.5f\n", 4 * atan(1.0));

   To print a date and time in the form "Sunday, July 3, 10:02",
   where _weekday_ and _month_ are pointers to strings:

       #include <stdio.h>
       fprintf(stdout, "%s, %s %d, %.2d:%.2d\n",
               weekday, month, day, hour, min);

   Many countries use the day-month-year order.  Hence, an
   internationalized version must be able to print the arguments in
   an order specified by the format:

       #include <stdio.h>
       fprintf(stdout, format,
               weekday, month, day, hour, min);

   where _format_ depends on locale, and may permute the arguments.
   With the value:

       "%1$s, %3$d. %2$s, %4$d:%5$.2d\n"

   one might obtain "Sonntag, 3. Juli, 10:02".

   To allocate a sufficiently large string and print into it (code
   correct for both glibc 2.0 and glibc 2.1):

   #include <stdio.h>
   #include <stdlib.h>
   #include <stdarg.h>

   char *
   make_message(const char *fmt, ...)
   {
       int n = 0;
       size_t size = 0;
       char *p = NULL;
       va_list ap;

       /* Determine required size. */

       va_start(ap, fmt);
       n = vsnprintf(p, size, fmt, ap);
       va_end(ap);

       if (n < 0)
           return NULL;

       size = (size_t) n + 1;      /* One extra byte for '\0' */
       p = malloc(size);
       if (p == NULL)
           return NULL;

       va_start(ap, fmt);
       n = vsnprintf(p, size, fmt, ap);
       va_end(ap);

       if (n < 0) {
           free(p);
           return NULL;
       }

       return p;
   }

   If truncation occurs in glibc versions prior to glibc 2.0.6, this
   is treated as an error instead of being handled gracefully.

SEE ALSO top

   [printf(1)](../man1/printf.1.html), [asprintf(3)](../man3/asprintf.3.html), [puts(3)](../man3/puts.3.html), [scanf(3)](../man3/scanf.3.html), [setlocale(3)](../man3/setlocale.3.html),
   [strfromd(3)](../man3/strfromd.3.html), [wcrtomb(3)](../man3/wcrtomb.3.html), [wprintf(3)](../man3/wprintf.3.html), [locale(5)](../man5/locale.5.html)

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