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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: sprintf and the trailing null |
| Date | 2015-07-06 08:54 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnr3oluvrw.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
| References | <be51c03d-a8d6-4c66-b490-85466818284d@googlegroups.com> <96f581c4-591b-4275-ae7f-b3ccffa92863@googlegroups.com> |
Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
> On Monday, July 6, 2015 at 2:17:17 PM UTC+1, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>> Two questions:
>>
>> (1) Is there a version of sprintf() without a trailing NULL?
>> (2) Why does sprintf() automatically insert a trailing NULL?
>>
> Kind of. You can use strncpy(), which doesn't add a trailing null. But you can't
> pass parameters to it.
> strncpy was designed for writing to database structures which typically had fixed
> fields, which weren't nil-terminated unless they needed right padding.
> sprintf() was designed as a safe replacement for sprint(), which creates a
> string intended for use by other C functions. If it's not nul-terminated, it's
> not safe to pass about.
What is "sprint()"? Are you thinking of snprintf(), which was designed
as a safe(r) replacement for sprintf()?
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 06:16 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null John McCue <jmccue@jmcnet1.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2015-07-06 13:30 +0000
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 06:37 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2015-07-06 21:58 +0800
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 07:12 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2015-07-06 22:34 +0800
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 08:44 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-06 15:46 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-06 08:06 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-06 17:42 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 09:48 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-06 18:07 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-06 12:40 -0500
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-06 10:46 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-06 18:58 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-06 16:38 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-06 23:44 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 15:48 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2015-07-08 20:09 +0300
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-08 10:11 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-08 19:01 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-07-09 09:02 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-09 17:07 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2015-07-10 17:06 +0300
Re: sprintf and the trailing null glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-09 17:42 +0000
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2015-07-10 13:33 +0300
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-10 12:09 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-10 04:51 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-10 17:24 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-10 08:33 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 04:58 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-07-06 14:15 +0000
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 07:20 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-06 19:54 +0000
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 13:31 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-06 21:52 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-06 22:52 +0000
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-07 01:04 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-06 19:13 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2015-07-07 12:45 +0800
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-07 10:15 +0200
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-07 10:31 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-07 02:51 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-07 12:10 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-07 05:08 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-07 13:52 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2015-07-08 20:20 +0300
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-08 18:51 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-09 10:27 +0000
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-10 19:03 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null gordonb.7tw58@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-07-07 15:40 -0500
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-07 15:14 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 07:27 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-07-06 16:46 +0000
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-06 07:56 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-07-06 09:32 -0600
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-06 08:37 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-06 08:54 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 08:53 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 09:00 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-06 17:14 +0100
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 09:24 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 09:31 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2015-07-07 01:43 +0200
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 17:09 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-07-06 21:08 -0600
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 21:29 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2015-07-08 20:24 +0300
Re: sprintf and the trailing null "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-08 10:44 -0700
Re: sprintf and the trailing null Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-07-07 21:48 -0500
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