stpeprintf(3)              Library Functions Manual              stpeprintf(3)

NAME
        stpeprintf, vstpeprintf - create a formatted string with truncation

LIBRARY
        stp string library (libstp, pkgconf ‐‐cflags ‐‐libs libstp)

SYNOPSIS
        #include <stp/stpe/stpeprintf.h>

        char *_Nullable stpeprintf(char *_Nullable dst, char end[0],
                                   const char *restrict fmt, ...);
        char *_Nullable vstpeprintf(char *_Nullable dst, char end[0],
                                   const char *restrict fmt, va_list ap);

DESCRIPTION
        These functions are almost identical to snprintf(3) and vsnprintf(3).

        The  destination  buffer  is limited by a pointer to its end —one after
        its last element— instead of a size.

        These  functions  can  be  chained  with  calls  to  stpeprintf(3)  and
        vstpeprintf(3).

RETURN VALUE
        NULL
               •  If this function failed (see ERRORS).
               •  If dst was NULL.

        end
               •  If this call truncated.
               •  If  dst  was equal to end (a previous call to these functions
                  truncated).

        dst + strlen(dst)
               On success, these functions return a pointer to the  terminating
               null byte.

ERRORS
        These functions may fail for any of the same reasons as vsnprintf(3).

ATTRIBUTES
        For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used in this section, see attrib‐
        utes(7).
        ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
        │Interface                                   │ Attribute     │ Value   │
        ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
        │stpeprintf(3), vstpeprintf(3)               │ Thread safety │ MT‐Safe │
        └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS
        None.

EXAMPLES
        See stpecpy(3).

SEE ALSO
        stpecpy(3), string_copying(7)

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