vprintf Functions (Windows CE 5.0)
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Each of the vprintf functions takes a pointer to an argument list, then formats and writes the given data to a particular destination.
Remarks
These functions are supported by all versions of the C run-time libraries.
The vprintf functions are similar to their counterpart functions as listed in the following table. However, each vprintf function accepts a pointer to an argument list, whereas each of the counterpart functions accepts an argument list.
These functions format data for output to destinations as follows.
| Function | Counterpart Function | Output Destination |
|---|---|---|
| vfprintf | fprintf | stream |
| vfwprintf | fwprintf | stream |
| vprintf | printf | stdout |
| vsprintf | sprintf | memory pointed to by buffer |
| vswprintf | swprintf | memory pointed to by buffer |
The argptr argument has type va_list, which is defined in Varargs.h and Stdarg.h.
The argptr variable must be initialized by va_start, and may be reinitialized by subsequent va_arg calls; argptr then points to the beginning of a list of arguments that are converted and transmitted for output according to the corresponding specifications in the format argument.
format has the same form and function as the format argument for printf. None of these functions invokes va_end. For a more complete description of each vprintf function, see the description of its counterpart function as listed in the preceding table.
vfwprintf, _vsnwprintf, vswprintf, and vwprintf are wide-character versions of vfprintf, _vsnprintf, vsprintf, and vprintf, respectively; in each of these wide-character functions, buffer and format are wide-character strings. Otherwise, each wide-character function behaves identically to its SBCS counterpart function.
For vsprintf, vswprintf, and _vsnwprintf, if copying occurs between strings that overlap, the behavior is undefined.
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.
Header: stdarg.h, stdlib.h, wtypes.h.
Link Library: coredll.dll.
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