Thread: sprintf_s in unix?

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    Question sprintf_s in unix?

    Hi all
    I have a very large program I want to run in my unix computer (Mac) and Windows at the same time.
    so I have defined:

    Code:
    #ifndef WIN32
    void sprintf_s(char *buffer, size_t sizeOfBuffer, const char *format, ...) {
    	sprintf(buffer, format, ...); //ERROR: expected primary-expression before '...' token
    }
    #endif
    How can I solve this error?

    I use to have
    Code:
    #define	sprintf_s(buffer, buffer_size, stringbuffer, number) (sprintf(buffer, stringbuffer, number))
    but it does not work with any number of arguments as the real sprintf_s

    Help is appreciated, thanks

    Ignacio
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    sprintf_s is not part of the standard C library so is not portable.

    However, snprintf is, and you should be able to accomplish what you want with that. It's nearly identical, I think.
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    Thanks MK27, I completely forgot about snprintf().
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    AFAIK, it does not work correctly in MSVC. The return value etc.

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    GCC supports vararg macros.

    Code:
    #define	sprintf_s(buffer, buffer_size, stringbuffer, ...) (sprintf(buffer, stringbuffer, __VA_ARGS__))
    Not 100% sure about the syntax.

    BTW, VC++2005+ does too.
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