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wprintf(3) Library Functions Manual wprintf(3)
NAME top
wprintf, fwprintf, swprintf, vwprintf, vfwprintf, vswprintf -
formatted wide-character output conversionLIBRARY top
Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)SYNOPSIS top
**#include <stdio.h>**
**#include <wchar.h>**
**int wprintf(const wchar_t *restrict** _format_**, ...);**
**int fwprintf(FILE *restrict** _stream_**,**
**const wchar_t *restrict** _format_**, ...);**
**int swprintf(wchar_t** _wcs_**[restrict .**_maxlen_**], size_t** _maxlen_**,**
**const wchar_t *restrict** _format_**, ...);**
**int vwprintf(const wchar_t *restrict** _format_**, va_list** _args_**);**
**int vfwprintf(FILE *restrict** _stream_**,**
**const wchar_t *restrict** _format_**, va_list** _args_**);**
**int vswprintf(wchar_t** _wcs_**[restrict .**_maxlen_**], size_t** _maxlen_**,**
**const wchar_t *restrict** _format_**, va_list** _args_**);**Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
All functions shown above:
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _ISOC99_SOURCE
|| _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112LDESCRIPTION top
The **wprintf**() family of functions is the wide-character equivalent
of the [printf(3)](../man3/printf.3.html) family of functions. It performs formatted
output of wide characters.
The **wprintf**() and **vwprintf**() functions perform wide-character
output to _stdout_. _stdout_ must not be byte oriented; see [fwide(3)](../man3/fwide.3.html)
for more information.
The **fwprintf**() and **vfwprintf**() functions perform wide-character
output to _stream_. _stream_ must not be byte oriented; see [fwide(3)](../man3/fwide.3.html)
for more information.
The **swprintf**() and **vswprintf**() functions perform wide-character
output to an array of wide characters. The programmer must ensure
that there is room for at least _maxlen_ wide characters at _wcs_.
These functions are like the [printf(3)](../man3/printf.3.html), [vprintf(3)](../man3/vprintf.3.html), [fprintf(3)](../man3/fprintf.3.html),
[vfprintf(3)](../man3/vfprintf.3.html), [sprintf(3)](../man3/sprintf.3.html), [vsprintf(3)](../man3/vsprintf.3.html) functions except for the
following differences:
**•** The _format_ string is a wide-character string.
**•** The output consists of wide characters, not bytes.
**• swprintf**() and **vswprintf**() take a _maxlen_ argument,
[sprintf(3)](../man3/sprintf.3.html) and [vsprintf(3)](../man3/vsprintf.3.html) do not. ([snprintf(3)](../man3/snprintf.3.html) and
[vsnprintf(3)](../man3/vsnprintf.3.html) take a _maxlen_ argument, but these functions do
not return -1 upon buffer overflow on Linux.)
The treatment of the conversion characters **c** and **s** is different:
**c** If no **l** modifier is present, the _int_ argument is converted
to a wide character by a call to the [btowc(3)](../man3/btowc.3.html) function, and
the resulting wide character is written. If an **l** modifier
is present, the _wintt_ (wide character) argument 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) containing a multibyte character
sequence beginning in the initial shift state. Characters
from the array are converted to wide characters (each by a
call to the [mbrtowc(3)](../man3/mbrtowc.3.html) function with a conversion state
starting in the initial state before the first byte). The
resulting wide characters are written up to (but not
including) the terminating null wide character (L'\0'). If
a precision is specified, no more wide characters than the
number specified are written. Note that the precision
determines the number of _wide characters_ written, not the
number of _bytes_ or _screen positions_. The array must
contain a terminating null byte ('\0'), unless a precision
is given and it is so small that the number of converted
wide characters reaches it before the end of the array is
reached. 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 written up
to (but not including) a terminating null wide character.
If a precision is specified, no more than the number
specified are written. The array must contain a
terminating null wide character, unless a precision is
given and it is smaller than or equal to the number of wide
characters in the array.RETURN VALUE top
The functions return the number of wide characters written,
excluding the terminating null wide character in case of the
functions **swprintf**() and **vswprintf**(). They return -1 when an
error occurs.ATTRIBUTES top
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
[attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
│ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
│ **wprintf**(), **fwprintf**(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
│ **swprintf**(), **vwprintf**(), │ │ │
│ **vfwprintf**(), **vswprintf**() │ │ │
└───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘STANDARDS top
C11, POSIX.1-2008.HISTORY top
POSIX.1-2001, C99.NOTES top
The behavior of **wprintf**() et al. depends on the **LC_CTYPE** category
of the current locale.
If the _format_ string contains non-ASCII wide characters, the
program will work correctly only if the **LC_CTYPE** category of the
current locale at run time is the same as the **LC_CTYPE** category of
the current locale at compile time. This is because the _wchart_
representation is platform- and locale-dependent. (The glibc
represents wide characters using their Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646)
code point, but other platforms don't do this. Also, the use of
C99 universal character names of the form \unnnn does not solve
this problem.) Therefore, in internationalized programs, the
_format_ string should consist of ASCII wide characters only, or
should be constructed at run time in an internationalized way
(e.g., using [gettext(3)](../man3/gettext.3.html) or [iconv(3)](../man3/iconv.3.html), followed by [mbstowcs(3)](../man3/mbstowcs.3.html)).SEE ALSO top
[fprintf(3)](../man3/fprintf.3.html), [fputwc(3)](../man3/fputwc.3.html), [fwide(3)](../man3/fwide.3.html), [printf(3)](../man3/printf.3.html), [snprintf(3)](../man3/snprintf.3.html)COLOPHON top
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