C sprintf converts formatted data to string

Syntax

C sprintf function has the following format.

Header

C sprintf function is from header file stdio.h.

Description

C sprintf function is identical to printf() except that the output is a char array. It returns the number of characters actually placed into the array.

sprintf() provides no bounds checking. See snprintf for an alternative.

Example

Use C sprintf function to format data to string.

#include <stdio.h>
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int main(void){
  char str[80];

  sprintf(str,"%s %d %c", "one", 2, '3');

  printf("%s", str);
}

The code above generates the following result.