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From: theo@rascal.UUCP (T. Kramer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: New 'n' Improved comp.lang.c FAQ List
Message-ID: <1512@rascal.UUCP>
Date: 9 Apr 91 07:06:39 GMT
References: <910401.0xf001@etiquette.uu.net> <1991Apr1.203024.19679@unlv.edu> <906@zeusa.UUCP>
Reply-To: theo@rascal.UUCP (T. Kramer)
Organization: Rascal Systems
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In article <906@zeusa.UUCP> hendrik@zeusa.UUCP (Hendrik Vermooten) writes:
>In article <1991Apr1.203024.19679@unlv.edu>, grover@big-joe.cs.unlv.edu (Kevin Grover) writes:
>> > [misc deleted. . .]
>> > Q: Why doesn't this function work:
>> >
>> >         char *itoa(int i)
>> >         {
>> >         static char retbuf[5];         /* biggest int: 32769 */
>> >         sprintf("%d", retbuf, i);
>> >         return retbuf;
>> >         }
>
>WOW!


Another WOW on the sprintf statement which must read as follows:

    sprintf(retbuf, "%d", i);

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