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From: jos@and.nl (J. Horsmeier)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: placing output of printf in memory: formatting strings
Keywords: string, format, printf
Message-ID: <965@baby.and.nl>
Date: 19 Jun 91 14:31:57 GMT
References: <80463@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Organization: AND Software BV Rotterdam
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In article <80463@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> luntz@acsu.buffalo.edu (jon e luntz) writes:
>Hi,
>	I'm working with a serial device on a machine where I need to use a
>device driver to access the port (ie. I cannot just fopen the port).  The way
>the driver works is it takes the output string straight from memory.  What I'd
>like to do is to be able to write formatted output to memory, such as that from
>a printf or fprintf.  Is there any way to fopen a string pointer or a memory 
>location, or maybe some way to redirect output to memory temporarily?  I'd
>appreciate any advice.
>		Thanks,
>		Jon Luntz

Hi there, 

sprintf(3V) would do the job for you.

Jos

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