Language Ccpp Cref Examples SPRINTF1.C

/ ***********************************************************************
 *
 * Purpose: Program to demonstrate the * flag limiting a string filed width
 * in a 'sprintf' statement.
 *
 * This example shows an alternative way of performing a strncpy.
 *
 * Author: M J Leslie
 * Date: 18-Mar-98
 *
 ************************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
 char Dest[10] = "";
 char Src[] = "Ski on Whistler Mountain";
 /* Populate Dest */
 memset (Dest, 0, sizeof(Dest));
 sprintf (Dest, "%.*s", sizeof(Dest)-1, Src);
 /* Show the results. */
 printf("Src string : %s\n", Src);
 printf("Dest string: %s\n", Dest);
}

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