From:	fred AT genesis DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Lawrence Kirby)
Newsgroups:	comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: '...' handling (with djgpp, although likely ubiquitous)...
Date:	Sun, 03 Aug 97 22:28:05 GMT
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In article <33e5c2e0 DOT 51066140 AT news DOT bc1 DOT com>
           lothloriel AT bc1 DOT com "Burton Radons/Lothloriel, Hollow Dreams" writes:

>Base function:
>
>char *rsprintf(const char *format, ...)
>{
>  va_list args;
>  char *buffer;
>  /* and on and on... */
>}
>
>What would I have to do to... err... set 'args' to '...'?  That half of the
>reference manual was stolen several years ago, before I could get to it, so
>fluid-depth arguments are still an absolute mystery to me.

You shouls always check the relevant FAQs before posting to newsgroups.
The following section of the comp.lang.c FAQ is relevant:


15.4:	How can I write a function that takes a variable number of
	arguments?


and the following may be relevant:


15.5:	How can I write a function that takes a format string and a
	variable number of arguments, like printf(), and passes them to
	printf() to do most of the work?

Most Usenet FAQs are available via ftp from rtfm.mit.edu under /pub/usenet.

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