On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, Chris Jacobson wrote:
>Notice it is: "%stext %s", buf
>So that "text %s" will be concatenated onto the end of what buf currently
>contains, and the final string will be written back into buf. Sprintf is
>safe to do such overwriting of buffers becuase it uses secondary buffers
>for safety reasons.
Actually, it doesn't always from my experience. (The (2*) patch.)
Try:
sprintf(buf, "Text: %s", buf);
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