nuttx/libs/libc/stdio/lib_asprintf.c

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/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>

#include "libc.h"

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: asprintf
 *
 * Description:
 *   This function is similar to sprintf, except that it dynamically
 *   allocates a string (as with malloc) to hold the output, instead of
 *   putting the output in a buffer you allocate in advance.  The ptr
 *   argument should be the address of a char * object, and a successful
 *   call to asprintf stores a pointer to the newly allocated string at that
 *   location.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   The returned value is the number of characters allocated for the buffer,
 *   or less than zero if an error occurred. Usually this means that the buffer
 *   could not be allocated.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int asprintf (FAR char **ptr, FAR const IPTR char *fmt, ...)
{
  va_list ap;
  int ret;

  /* Let vasprintf do all of the work */

  va_start(ap, fmt);
  ret = vasprintf(ptr, fmt, ap);
  va_end(ap);

  return ret;
}