strfromf, strfromd, strfroml

Converts a floating-point value to a byte string.

The functions are equivalent to snprintf ( s, n, format, fp ) , except that the format string shall only contain the character % , an optional precision that does not contain an asterisk * , and one of the conversion specifiers a , A , e , E , f , F , g , or G , which applies to the type double , float , or long double ) indicated by the function suffix (rather than by a length modifier). Use of these functions with any other format string results in undefined behavior.

Parameters

Return value

The number of characters that would have been written had n been sufficiently large, not counting the terminating null character. Thus, the null-terminated output has been completely written if and only if the returned value is both nonnegative and less than n .

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
 
int main()
{
    char buffer[32];
    int written;
    const char* format[] = {"%a", "%A", "%e", "%E", "%f", "%F", "%g", "%G"};
 
    for (size_t fmt = 0; fmt != sizeof format / sizeof format[0]; ++fmt)
    {
        written = strfromf(buffer, sizeof buffer, format[fmt], 3.1415f);
        printf("strfromf(... %s ...) = %2i, buffer: \"%s\"\n",
               format[fmt], written, buffer);
    }
    puts("");
 
    for (size_t fmt = 0; fmt != sizeof format / sizeof format[0]; ++fmt)
    {
        written = strfromd(buffer, sizeof buffer, format[fmt], 3.1415);
        printf("strfromd(... %s ...) = %2i, buffer: \"%s\"\n",
               format[fmt], written, buffer);
    }
    puts("");
 
    for (size_t fmt = 0; fmt != sizeof format / sizeof format[0]; ++fmt)
    {
        written = strfroml(buffer, sizeof buffer, format[fmt], 3.1415);
        printf("strfroml(... %s ...) = %2i, buffer: \"%s\"\n",
               format[fmt], written, buffer);
    }
}

strfromf(... %a ...) = 13, buffer: "0x1.921cacp+1"
strfromf(... %A ...) = 13, buffer: "0X1.921CACP+1"
strfromf(... %e ...) = 12, buffer: "3.141500e+00"
strfromf(... %E ...) = 12, buffer: "3.141500E+00"
strfromf(... %f ...) =  8, buffer: "3.141500"
strfromf(... %F ...) =  8, buffer: "3.141500"
strfromf(... %g ...) =  6, buffer: "3.1415"
strfromf(... %G ...) =  6, buffer: "3.1415"
 
strfromd(... %a ...) = 20, buffer: "0x1.921cac083126fp+1"
strfromd(... %A ...) = 20, buffer: "0X1.921CAC083126FP+1"
strfromd(... %e ...) = 12, buffer: "3.141500e+00"
strfromd(... %E ...) = 12, buffer: "3.141500E+00"
strfromd(... %f ...) =  8, buffer: "3.141500"
strfromd(... %F ...) =  8, buffer: "3.141500"
strfromd(... %g ...) =  6, buffer: "3.1415"
strfromd(... %G ...) =  6, buffer: "3.1415"
 
strfroml(... %a ...) = 20, buffer: "0xc.90e5604189378p-2"
strfroml(... %A ...) = 20, buffer: "0XC.90E5604189378P-2"
strfroml(... %e ...) = 12, buffer: "3.141500e+00"
strfroml(... %E ...) = 12, buffer: "3.141500E+00"
strfroml(... %f ...) =  8, buffer: "3.141500"
strfroml(... %F ...) =  8, buffer: "3.141500"
strfroml(... %g ...) =  6, buffer: "3.1415"
strfroml(... %G ...) =  6, buffer: "3.1415"

Reference

See also