I have found that SGI Irix 6.2 and Redhat Linux both do not like the
sprintf(buf,"%sblah",buf); syntax, but they are not consistant.
(sometimes it works)
--Angus
George Greer wrote:
>
> On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Chuck Carson wrote:
>
> >When you are adding to a buffer before sending it to the
> >character, which is the more suitable method?
> #1 or #3
> >1)
> >sprintf (buf + strlen(buf), "blah.....");
> >or 2)
> >sprintf(buf, "%sblah......", buf);
> This won't work on Borland C as it clears the target buffer before copying.
> 3)
> int i = 0;
> i += sprintf(buf + i, "blah...");
> Because further sprintf() calls do not have to recalculate string length,
> you get it for free.
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