Thread: compiler warning with sprintf and inet_ntop

hello, i have a bunch of string formatting using sprintf and inet_ntop such as:

Code:

sprintf(tmp, "Message received from: <ip>:%s <port>:%d", 
			inet_ntop(client->addr.sin_addr), 
			ntohs(client->addr.sin_port));

(tmp is an adequately sized string where the string gets stored), when doing this i get a compiler warning:

warning: format '%s' expects type 'char *', but argument 3 has type 'int'

i can get rid of this warning by casting inet_ntop() to a char*:

Code:

sprintf(tmp, "Message received from: <ip>:%s <port>:%d", 
			(char*)inet_ntop(client->addr.sin_addr), 
			ntohs(client->addr.sin_port));

but this seems weird to me as all the documentation i see that inet_ntop() returns a string. i'm trying to understand why the compiler throws this warning can any one help?
regards,
qualia