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From: vch@attibr.UUCP (Vincent C. Hatem)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Can ANYONE tell me why this code snippet doesn't work??
Summary: hmm...
Message-ID: <57@attibr.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 88 18:59:06 GMT
References: <7778@gryphon.CTS.COM%
Organization: AT&T International, Basking Ridge, NJ
Lines: 37

In article <7778@gryphon.CTS.COM%, rickf@pnet02.cts.com (Rick Flower) writes:
% I've been trying to get the following code to work.. I've tried just about
% everything that I could think of (along the lines of modifications).  All I'm
% trying to do is write a different printf routine to route information through
% a window text printing routine...  If anyone can help me, let me know..
% 
% -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
% void Test(fmt,args)
% char *fmt;
% unsigned *args;
% {
% char buff[129];
% 
%         sprintf(buff,fmt,args);
%         printf("%s\n",buff);
% }
% 
% main()
% {
%         Test("%d %d %d %d",10,20,30,40);
% }

You aren't passing a POINTER to the arguments, as you seem to think you are.

this should be (if I'm not mistaken... i haven't tried this lately)

unsigned *args;
         sprintf(buff,fmt,&args);
                          ^
                          !
-Vince

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