Thread: foo(...), what are the three dots?

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    foo(...), what are the three dots?

    For example, in <stdio.h> , I noticed a declaration such as
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    int printf (const char* szFormat, ...);
    what kind of parameter is (...) ?

    I tried writing my own function taking (...) and it runs, but what is it and how can I use it?

    Thanks.

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    Thank you sir.

    As you could imagine, I didn't come up with anything when I searched for "..."

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