helpers/formatstring.h File Reference

Declaration of the formatstring() function that replaces sprintf() and snprintf() by allocating the right-sized buffer and returning it. More...

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Macros
#define	__FORMATSTRING_H__

Functions
char *	formatstring (const char *format,...)
	Use the given string and arguments to return a buffer containing the formatted string. The format and arguments follow the printf() functionality.

Detailed Description

Declaration of the formatstring() function that replaces sprintf() and snprintf() by allocating the right-sized buffer and returning it.

Definition in file helpers/formatstring.h.

Macro Definition Documentation

__FORMATSTRING_H__

#define __FORMATSTRING_H__

Definition at line 8 of file helpers/formatstring.h.

Function Documentation

formatstring()

char * formatstring	(	const char *	format,
			...
	)

Use the given string and arguments to return a buffer containing the formatted string. The format and arguments follow the printf() functionality.

Parameters

format

String containing formatting codes as used with the printf() function.

Returns

Returns a newly allocated buffer containing the zero-terminated formatted string. Use free() to delete the buffer. Returns NULL if no memory could be allocated.

Definition at line 15 of file formatstring.c.

Referenced by _Bridge_Exercise_Demonstrate_Logging(), _Decorate(), _Real_DoWork(), Composite_Exercise_FormatEntry(), Memento_ApplyReplaceOperation(), Message_ToString(), MessagePosition_ToString(), MessageWindow_ToString(), and WindowRectangle_ToString().