How to pass variable number of arguments to printf/sprintf

Question

I have a class that holds an "error" function that will format some text. I want to accept a variable number of arguments and then format them using printf.

Example:

class MyClass
{
public:
    void Error(const char* format, ...);
};

The Error method should take in the parameters, call printf/sprintf to format it and then do something with it. I don't want to write all the formatting myself so it makes sense to try and figure out how to use the existing formatting.

Answer 1

void Error(const char* format, ...) {     va_list argptr;     va_start(argptr, format);     vfprintf(stderr, format, argptr);     va_end(argptr); } 

If you want to manipulate the string before you display it and really do need it stored in a buffer first, use vsnprintf instead of vsprintf. vsnprintf will prevent an accidental buffer overflow error.

Answer 2

have a look at vsnprintf as this will do what ya want http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/vsprintf/

you will have to init the va_list arg array first, then call it.

Example from that link: /* vsprintf example */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>

void Error (char * format, ...)
{
  char buffer[256];
  va_list args;
  va_start (args, format);
  vsnprintf (buffer, 255, format, args);


  //do something with the error

  va_end (args);
}